1922 Peace Dollar

[diverwannabe]

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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[diverwannabe]

nt

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

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.

 

[EDDE]

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...

 

[diverwannabe]

Ive got alot to learn LOL. Oh well atleast its still worth its weight in silver!

 

[Tabfry]

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?

 

[EDDE]

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

 

[Tabfry]

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.

 

[EDDE]

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...

 

[j2fun4u]

I say dont clean any coins...leave em be.