Description
This listing is for a 2023 Peace Dollar PCGS certified Directors Strike MS70.
This coin came from from a flurry of speculation amid rumors of a "golden ticket" release for the 2023 Peace Dollar. It is unclear if the rumors were because someone let early news of the promo slip, or if that's where the idea was born.
Nevertheless, in 2023 US mint Director Ventris Gibson decided to strike the first 200 Peace Dollars herself. 180 of them were distributed in secret. They were randomly inserted in orders, pre orders, and subscriptions. A pleasant surprise to many who received them, but unfortunately they were only certifiable "Directors Strikes" if submitted still mint sealed and opened directly by PCGS/NGC. Not surprisingly many of those will be lost to history. The remaining 20 were raffled off at the Pittsburgh ANA show. 5 lucky daily winners got a "silver ticket" allowing them to buy "an exclusive mint product" (a 2023 Directors Strike Peace Dollar).
This present coin is one of the prizes from the show, as one of the 20 accompanying silver tickets would suggest. It was submitted to PCGS where it received a perfect 70 grade AND shows the confirmed director's strike verification on the holder. There are many unfortunate examples that were opened and could not be confirmed directors strikes floating around. On these you should always look for the Director's strike designation. The certificates are included as pictured. The certificates are certified by PCGS and those slabs are in protective plastic bags. Please see the pics for more details. Thanks for looking!