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Posted 09/26/2006 4:55 pm
I am not totally sure as I have only seen it in pics but it looks like that black stuff on the back of the 1882 is PVC damage. Polyvynilchloride ~ it is what they used to put in plastic flips or album pages to make it more pliable. However, as they found out, it makes a big mess. I am not sure how to get it off. There are several threads in the forum on cleaning. You could use the search feature and enter pvc and see what comes up.
JUST A NOTE: It could just be natural toning from being in a particular holder and may not be damage at all. If it is, then, no matter how ugly it might seem, there are people who like it. Personally, I don't care for toning, especially mottled toning, but that is just me.
The 1921 that you have listed as a Peace dollar is actually another Morgan dollar with just a later date on it. They quit making them back in 1904 and made them again for only one year in 1921 during the same year that they came out with the Peace dollars.
The other one with the head of Lady Liberty dated 1922 is your Peace dollar.
The Eisenhowers I don't know much about. They could be copper-nickel clad or they could be silver clad. The silver clad is only 40% silver composition. The best way to tell would be to look at the edges, if they are all silver then that is what you got. If they look like a copper-nickel sandwich like modern day quarters then that is what you got.
I would not clean any of them. I would sell them as is as cleaning will only devalue the coins. The pvc, well, like mentioned, use search and see what can be done about that.
JUST A NOTE: It could just be natural toning from being in a particular holder and may not be damage at all. If it is, then, no matter how ugly it might seem, there are people who like it. Personally, I don't care for toning, especially mottled toning, but that is just me.
The 1921 that you have listed as a Peace dollar is actually another Morgan dollar with just a later date on it. They quit making them back in 1904 and made them again for only one year in 1921 during the same year that they came out with the Peace dollars.
The other one with the head of Lady Liberty dated 1922 is your Peace dollar.
The Eisenhowers I don't know much about. They could be copper-nickel clad or they could be silver clad. The silver clad is only 40% silver composition. The best way to tell would be to look at the edges, if they are all silver then that is what you got. If they look like a copper-nickel sandwich like modern day quarters then that is what you got.
I would not clean any of them. I would sell them as is as cleaning will only devalue the coins. The pvc, well, like mentioned, use search and see what can be done about that.
Edited by Irishraider
09/26/2006 4:58 pm
09/26/2006 4:58 pm
