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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Hello everyone, I don't see many of these in Rome. This is for sale at a proper numismatic coin shop. Thoughts on grade would be appreciated! *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. ***  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Are you sure it is genuine? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Yeah, that's the first thing I thought, too. It just looks off. The detail on the eagle is way too super sharp, particularly the feathers. The beak, the eyes, the claws, the olive branch—all seem to sharply defined. Those big silver Peace dollars have a soft look to them. But the patina on your coin looks very dull, almost leaden. Maybe very harshly cleaned?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is a hard pass regardless
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Over my head. I'll just monitor this one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6498 Posts |
I am going to backtrack my comparison. When I navigated CoinFacts, I chose 1921 High Relief. But apparently when you open Photograde, it just pulls up Peace dollars from 1923-1935. I didn't notice the dates, so I produced a poor comparison image. Apologies for any confusion it might have caused. It is apples to oranges, please disregard. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is the weight 26.7 grams? It appears to be at least AU and well struck for a 1921. But there is none of the expected luster. It looks chemically etched, scrubbed or sandblasted. If it's real it's a nice hole filler. I'd value it at $100-200. Here's a reference obverse MS62 that is well struck. The numerals in the date look a bit different on the dealer coin.  "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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04/18/2024 8:24 pm
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Moderator
United States
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It does look odd with the eyes though..  (I'm no expert on these either) |
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Pillar of the Community
 Italy
1130 Posts |
I'm going to agree with everyone with the slight caveat that this dealer posts terrible pictures. I've been to this shop and many of their coins look entirely different in hand. I'm still going to pass, for all of the reasons above, and the price of €330.
Thanks everyone
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
1130 Posts |
@benny, I haven't seen this coin in hand. The shop is a distance away from where I live and usually not worth the effort because the prices for u.s. coins tend to be high retail.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Authenticity on this one is questionable.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Assuming genuine I would say low AU details cleaned. No trace of luster remaining.
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Extra-fine, cleaned but genuine. The obverse hair detail, although lacking definition even in mint state, is more flat looking. The high points of the reverse also show slight wear. I would have passed on the price alone as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say EF details, cleaned.
Errers and Varietys.
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