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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have been looking at Peace dollars the last couple weeks. The 1921 is the last one I need is for my Dansco Peace dollar set. The best price I have found local is a XF/AU that looks like a older cleaning for $100. My 2010 RedBook has VF $125 XF $140. Numismedia shows VF $108 XF 120. At a local coin shop I was told that grey sheet starts at $100 wholesale. Can someone verify what grey sheet price is? For a VF and XF. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Grey sheet bid / ask for VF is $112 / $122 and EF is $120 / $130.
ACE Mike
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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$100 for xf-au is a good price even with cleaning. But getting a good strike on a 1921 is important if you want an attractive coin. Most of them are so weakly struck that an xf has detail which would pass for vg-f in any other year.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11951 Posts |
ACE Mike ... thq
Thanks for the information. I will have to take a good look at the one local.
And I did win one one E Bay yesterday. What looks to be a VF, I did not think I
would get it .. with shipping $73.08, knowing the grey sheet makes me feel good
about both.
The one from e bay has the coin picture as a scan .. and not a good scan.
All his coins had the same poor pictures. I guess I can compare it with the local
one and see which one I like best. Maybe get both.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
ACE Mike ... thq
Thanks for the information. I will have to take a good look at the one local.
And I did win one one E Bay yesterday. What looks to be a VF, I did not think I
would get it .. with shipping $73.08, knowing the grey sheet makes me feel good
about both.
The one from e bay has the coin picture as a scan .. and not a good scan.
All his coins had the same poor pictures. I guess I can compare it with the local
one and see which one I like best. Maybe get both.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
The 1921 Peace dollar was the high relief variety. Were they truly weakly struck? |
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Valued Member
United States
455 Posts |
My understanding is that the 1921 Peace dollars were struck in high relief, so I do not agree with those that wrote that it was struck weakly. Perhaps the other years are that way, but not the first one. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, the 1921 was struck in high relief but that also caused many of them to have weak details. The higher the relief, the more pressure you need to fully strike a coin. The problem with that is higher pressure strikes dramatically shorten die life so you can only increase the pressure to a certain point. Unless a high relief coin is struck multiple times, it will almost always have a weak strike. Fully struck 1921s are a rare critter indeed and always bring premium money over the average weak strikes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
I have hunted through hundreds of 1921's and found two that satisfy me. One of these was struck with such force that the planchet is cracked.
Neither of these coins shows anywhere near the fine hair detail of my common 1925 avatar. The 1921 is always weak in the center, which results in a void at the top of the eagle's leg on the reverse, and weak hair on the obverse. I have only seen one image - an MS-65 sold by Stack's - that I consider to be a full strike.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Valued Member
United States
402 Posts |
I paid $120 for this one a few years back. It is in a PCGS 45 holder. I'm addicted to 21 coins.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
 Nice coin, I like the natural patina. 1921 is a good year to be addicted to! |
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