Coin Shop Owner Said Both Of My 1928 Peace Dollars Were Just Altered 1923-S

I truly appreciate this thread. I am a non-US collector and would likely fallen prey to such a doctored coin.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'll try the acetone thing soon. I need to buy some. I'll try to get some more pics later. I hope they're not fake. I was looking through my grandpas old coin handbook from 1990 and there's an ! next to the 1928 Peace dollar entry .

I don't know the exact motivation behind his collecting. I just know that he did it over a long period of time. a lot of the dates for the various types of coins are WWII years so I'm sure that prompted him to stash away the silver.

Hi and . Sorry about your bad experience. Unfortunately, there's a lot of shenanigans in the rare coin hobby, and, it probably isn't getting much better.

I'm not an expert on these things but the 8 on your coin does appear to be irregular on the right side of the lower loop. Yes, if it was altered it was an expert job.


I think your attitude of getting the coins to people that may appreciate them more than you could is very healthy. I wouldn't feel overly sentimental toward them. Afterall, it's money. My grandfather also left about two dozen Morgan/Peace dollars to my family which eventually came down to me. I kept them for awhile but then realized I had no real interest in raw, circulated dollars and I sold them at auction. I used the money to get something else.