1922 Peace Dollar

diverwannabe

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Apr 1, 2006
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I got this peace dollar at a fleamarket.. Its really shinny but its scuffed up pretty good. I was just curious if peace dollars have a mirrorish finish on them.. here are 2 pics.. the second on is fuzzy but I just wanted to show that you can see my hand in the reflection.
 

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They can, it is called a mirror prooflike finish, but I regret to inform you that is not the case with yours. It has been buffed and polished, which detracts from its value.
 

you can buy a peace at my coin dealer for 10 bucks ...then buff to a high sheen then resell them if you so wish...
 

wayne1956 said:
They can, it is called a mirror prooflike finish, but I regret to inform you that is not the case with yours. It has been buffed and polished, which detracts from its value.

I'm curious...why would a polishing a silver coin detract from it's value?
 

you are adultering it from its origanal state,detracting it to a lesser value
 

You calling me an adulterer?!? Kidding of course... Where's the line between cleaning the coin in this thread http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,11103.0.html vs. making an already clean coin really shiny? Not challanging the concept..simply trying to understand it.

For fun I took some silver polish to one of my 40%'ers. It turned out very nice looking. Knowing it would detract from their value, I wouldn't do it on any others, but I was interested how it would turn out.
 

non key date coins can be cleaned,(for the sake of silver content thats the worth) key date coin shouldnt be cleaned as far as nuismatic value...
 

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