My Dansco Peace Dollar Book (A Lot Of Pictures)

A lot of nice coins in this set! Congrats to your wife and you!

Wow very nice collection! Well done! :)

That is the best idea. Asking others for a grade might work but then if you don't know how good they are at grading, might just get wrong results. As an example I'm a lousy grader and if I was to try to grade any of your coins you would say nuts to this guy, I'll do it myself. Which is why you should. And you have nothing to loose by learning to grade coins.
(That is if your wife lets you) Don't forget to tell her she has a great collection going there.

I like the ANACS photo cert Oh yeah, that 22 is bonzer

thank you.

Is the ANACS photo certification something that adds value? Is it a close true grade of the coin?
The reason I ask is that the picture certification is almost 26 years old. However, the coin looks pretty much identical to the original picture.

Before we do get down to picture grading some of these between us, is the 26 really a MS 63? I have read through the Peace dollar grading standards in the ANA grading standards. The coin has a lot of toning that just doesn't show very good in my poor pictures. Doesn't toning lower a coins grade?

Remember I am totally new at grading and just got the book. I have read a few pages on the Mercury dime and the Peace dollar section. I am going to start at the front cover in a little while and over the weekend. So understand that I am not stupid, I just do not know, yet.

I have not forgotten about your all. Life gets in the way of me taking pictures and spending the time I would really like to on taking pictures and being on this forum. Two of my friends Rob and Rob almost lost their lives this weekend. see article below.

"CG rescues two from sinking boat

Updated: Saturday, 20 Aug 2011, 9:18 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 20 Aug 2011, 9:03 PM EDT

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - The Coast Guard rescued two people Saturday after their 43-foot boat sank 45 miles east of Oregon Inlet, N.C.

Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call about 1 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the Reel Escape who said they were taking on water and needed help. The boater's call dropped, but watchstanders began receiving an emergency position indicating radio beacon transmission near the reported location.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew form Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., arrived on scene and hoisted the two people aboard.

"The Coast Guard wants to stress to all mariners both recreational and commercial that having a properly registered EPIRB aboard saves lives as happened with the Reel Escape," said Geoffrey Pagels, a watchstander with the Coast Guard's 5th District Command Center.

The boaters were transported to Air Station Elizabeth City. The crew aboard the Reel Escape was travelling from Cape Hatteras, N.C., to Rudee Inlet when they began to take on water. The Reel Escape was registered out of Glen Allen."

The cert doesn't really add any value but it is a bit of numismatic nostalgia that predates plastic slabs. At the time, its proper name was the American Numismatic Association Certification Service- owned and operated by the ANA. Grading is typically rather conservative and it is not uncommon for a coin to be undergraded. Based on obverse only, I see no reason why your coin could not be a 64.


Toning will only lower the grade of a coin if it is heavy enough to significantly impair the luster. Your obverse photo captured quite a bit of luster so I do not think that is an issue for your coin. With the advent of modern TPGs and "market grading", some monster toners may receive an eye appeal-based grade bump even if the coin does not merit the higher grade from a technical aspect.

Just finished putting together my set as well. I acquired a NGC slabbed AU-58 for the Key date, won't crack that slab but I did on a couple of the other. Once I get a scan of each page I will post.

Great job on filing the book. I always looked at it as there is only 316,000 people who can own an entire set and now there are two less.....