[early Die Or Special Strike] 1921 Peace Dollar Rare Find?

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Panda Pillar of the Community Canada 685 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:08 pm Obv: fully reflective shiny Lady Liberty's cheek and field; Rev: regular to semi-reflective field; Both sides: center weak struck. First time to me a Peace dollar like this. Added obv and rev videos: https://vid.me/4HSC https://vid.me/Dvae Edited by Panda 06/16/2016 10:53 am Report this Post to the Staff

paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:12 pm Polished, IMO. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
Imthealphaomega Pillar of the Community United States 3210 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:14 pm 1921 was the year of the high relief for the Peace dollar. They only did high relief for this year. This coin is almost always weakly struck on the hair and the Eagles breast feathers.....the high relief aspect did this via striking. These are quite rare fully struck and command a big premium. I have one similar, granted its been lightly cleaned. Coin looks mid ms to me like a 63/64 if it wasn't cleaned, which it looks like it was. Edited by Imthealphaomega 06/15/2016 9:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Panda Pillar of the Community Canada 685 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:14 pm Dear @paralyse, It's my first thought too, but PCGS graded it MS-64 Report this Post to the Staff
Panda Pillar of the Community Canada 685 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:15 pm Dear @Imthealphaomega, Your are right, it's MS-64! Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7614 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:17 pm PCGS may have graded the coin that once resided in the holder 64, but the coin currently in the holder may not be it! Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:20 pm Wow. Those hairlines in the first picture make me wonder. They do not look like characteristic die polishing lines. It may have been lightly enough wiped that it skipped the details designation, or chalked up to cabinet wear or collector handling. I would have thought 100% for sure it would be in a details holder based on the first picture. Second two pictures are much better. As AlphaOmega noted, they are usually struck weakly centrally. He's pretty good at grading 1921's, which is a difficult year to learn to grade properly. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
Panda Pillar of the Community Canada 685 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:21 pm Dear @westernsky, It's in the PCGS holder. Report this Post to the Staff
Panda Pillar of the Community Canada 685 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:24 pm Dear @paralyse, Those are die polish lines, I double checked the coin those are not hairlines. Report this Post to the Staff
Panda Pillar of the Community Canada 685 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:28 pm Added a close-up picture Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7614 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 9:56 pm I would never, ever remove THAT coin from THAT holder if I ever had intentions of reselling the coin. No, I do not like the coin as it's eye appeal comes up short on my scale. Report this Post to the Staff
TypeCoin971793 Pillar of the Community United States 6370 Posts	Posted 06/15/2016 10:53 pm This is one I would like to see in hand. I have a War Nickel that looks exactly the same (escpecially your second picture), and Bill Fivaz confirmed my suspicions that it was a early strike PL coin. I feel that may be the case with your coin as well. Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 08:56 am A typical 1921 weak strike circulation coin, and it looks polished. If it were the proof-like VAM 1-H strike http://www.vamworld.com/1921-P+Peace+VAM-1H it would have been noted on the slab. The proof-like strike I have looks like this (sorry for the fuzzy photo of the slab), and shows full hair detail in the center of the coin. On the reverse, the wing is full where it meets the eagle's leg. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Edited by thq 06/16/2016 09:09 am Report this Post to the Staff
Panda Pillar of the Community Canada 685 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 10:49 am Thanks everyone!! Just added 2 videos :) https://vid.me/4HSC https://vid.me/Dvae Report this Post to the Staff
Panda Pillar of the Community Canada 685 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 10:53 am Thanks @westernsky! I won't take it out of the holder :) Report this Post to the Staff
Panda Pillar of the Community Canada 685 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 10:54 am Dear @TypeCoin971793 and @thq Please see the obv and rev videos, thank you! https://vid.me/4HSC https://vid.me/Dvae Report this Post to the Staff
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