| Author |
 Replies: 11 / Views: 444 |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1183 Posts |
This was another bulk bin save today, getting banged up with 1922's... I paid slightly under melt. Grading aside, is it real? It's definitely silver.   |
|
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
11890 Posts |
AU details cleaned. Unfortunate obverse wipe.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
74237 Posts |
 . That's a bummer. Errers and Varietys.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
1183 Posts |
I'd thought something appeared "off", thank you both! I can't be too upset  |
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10547 Posts |
Looks real to me - cleaned - and anything under melt is a good deal.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1048 Posts |
It's fine for a cheap bin find. The tampered-with surfaces are a negative, but there's not much wear at all. It's a decent strike, and 1927 isn't a bad Peace date, either.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1183 Posts |
Marv65, pristine2, thanks both!
Something about the strike unevenness and surface appearance had me questioning it, I don't know why really.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18668 Posts |
i have to agree UNC details (cleaned)
NS look at the obv, its pretty obvious when you see horizontal swipe lines across the entire coin she's been wiped with something abrasive. it also removed the original skin
Melt
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
36746 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1183 Posts |
Panzaldi, thank you once more. It may be obvious, but for whatever reason, Peace dollars throw me off... I see it now, and comparing to PCGS photos, the similarities in the strike that threw me off as well. There's also some blue to gold toning coming back on the reverse, which in hindsight, is a negative sign as presented. I was admittedly looking right past the obvious and focusing on the obscure  It'll be my placeholder for the year for now... labelled as cleaned. At least it was only a little under melt paid, this was not a high risk decision. Very helpful. Edit: IGE, thank you as well! Your response posted while I was typing. Edited by MintedNotPrinted
01/09/2026 7:29 pm
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
18668 Posts |
with the price of precious metals continuing their climb i'd be inclined to just unload it at some point. take a little profit and buy put it towards another one unless you want to keep her to use as a reference. btw, good photos allowed the surfaces to be viewed more accurately. if you angle that coin differently and change the lighting a little, I'm betting you may not even see them
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1183 Posts |
Panzaldi, thanks again. Agreed, there will be a point in which she'll go toward a new one.
|
| |
Replies: 11 / Views: 444 |
|
Posted 01/08/2026 9:44 pm
