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sgoss66
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United States
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Hi, all. I was wondering if a few of you could offer a more educated guess than I can come up with as to the grade of this 1907-D Barber dime. My initial thought was maybe XF-40ish, but wanted a few more experienced thoughts...
THANKS!
Steve
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United States
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It's possible I could estimate a grade.  You are, in my opinion, correct to maybe a bit low in your grading on this one. I could see low AU for it. The best thing about a bicycle is that it uses no gasoline, therefore the chance of fiery death is greatly reduced.
First Catman, then Gary Burke and now Bigg Fredd - there's one heck of a coin club in Heaven.
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New Member
United States
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Much thanks, SsuperDdave...when I estimate, I try to be conservative, as I recognize my lack of ability at grading, and would rather estimate low, than high. :) Sounds like I was ballpark, but maybe a bit low, if anything.
Thank you, sir, for your take on this coin. Much appreciated.
Steve
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Valued Member
United States
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Still learning, but does this coin appear to have been cleaned at some point and time or am I wrong on that.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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From the photos, it looks like it might have had a light wipe, but nothing harsh. Not a bad coin, probably rate an XF in my book.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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Looks EF-40 to me. I might add "details" to that if there is a scratch on the neck, not sure by looking at the photo.
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New Member
United States
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I appreciate this info and the comments...not only am I getting an idea of the grade of the coin, but I'm learning HOW to grade a coin, too, listening to the comments you all make. I find this fascinating...
Thanks!
Steve
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Sweden
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when it comes to Barber coins, I use http://www.barbercoins.org/index.html quite often as a reference... Maybe it's just the lightning, but I would like to see more distinct corn kernels on the rev, as well as more visible hair under "libery" on the obverse for me to give it a XF...but definitely a VF-30 |
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United States
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EF details, looks to have been cleaned at some point based on the bright surfaces (might also be a weakly struck AU - would have to see it in hand)
Edited by fenton
06/24/2012 11:21 am
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New Member
United States
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thanks all...appreciate the comments, and the "education."
epikur -- will check the link, really appreciate that...
Steve
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Posted 06/23/2012 2:24 pm
