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Mint State Peace Dollars: The Devil’s in the Details

he Peace dollars remain a fascinating series, in part because they were not actually minted for a very long time, and in part because they seem to live constantly in the shadow of the much-desired, ever-popular Morgan dollars. Buying Peace dollars that have a bit of wear on them is almost the same thing as buying bullion coins, or at least bullion-value coins. Perhaps because of this, plenty of collectors think that Mint State versions of these beautiful dollars are costly enough that they are out of range – or perhaps we should say

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