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My Peace Dollars - New Collector

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hello all!
My wife and I are VERY new to this hobby (as in a few weeks, lol) and we're very much enjoying it. I've been doing lots of reading & I'm now starting to try my hand at grading the coins I have received from my father-in-law who passed away. These are some of the first few I'm enjoying, after I dealt with a couple of Indian head pennies and early 1915-1920-ish Lincolns. I was hoping to get your thoughts. These are the four I possess. I'm guessing the grades as follows:

1922 - VF-30?
1923 - MS-60?
1924 - EF-45?
1927 - EF-40?

Thanks everyone. Hope this is OK. (still experimenting on best way to get pictures that capture detail as well as do justice to the true coloring). Gonna have a lot of questions, especially about grading, which seems to be more of an art than a factual science. Ugh. But fun.

I am most confused about the shiny/frosty one, almost whitish in appearance. A friend gave this to me as a gift, sealed in that little plastic thing from a collection known as "Twentieth Century Coins." It is SO MUCH brighter than the other circulated ones I inherited, and yet in some spots (e.g., the lettering around edges Liberty, United States, etc) and on the Eagle and the obverse hair is not nearly as detailed as I assumed it would be. Thoughts?

THANKS!
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to CCF. Here is a good site to learn grading https://www.PCGS.com/photograde
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The bright shiny one appears to be polished which would produce that unnaturally shiny appearance, especially on what is a circulated coin, hence the level of wear.

From what I can tell, aside from the 1923, your grades appear accurate for remaining surface details, but each of these coins looks like a details coin from me. The 1922 and 1927 seem unnaturally flat, also perhaps a result of dipping, the speckling looks like it could be environmental damage, and the 1924 also looks like ED.

My assumptions here are based on the photos, it is possible that lack of luster is a photo issue and not a coin issue.
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The 1923 is a polished VG/F or so. The '22, perhaps F details (ED). The'24, F+. The '27, close to EF. Best to show just one coin per thread so replies don't get mixed up.



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BTW, the 23 and 27 have a D for Denver.
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Continuing to learn a bunch from all of you. Read a great article on details and grading methods used by various official grading companies. Now I understand why that shiny coin has less details than the 1927 & 1924 coins. FYI, the pictures are indeed a bit flat. In real life the coins have more of a metal look to them. I;m thinking of now putting the coin gradings as follows

1922 VF-30

1923-D - EF-45 (Polished)

1924 - EF-40

1927-D - EF-45

Thanks!
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