1875-CC Seated 50 Cent -- Photos Added, Please Grade!

I would call that one a Good, since there is no evidence of LIBERTY at all, but the date is well defined.

It is just my opinion. By the way, I am reading the grading information from the Red Book. I have no idea how a TPG would grade them, but I could probably look up some slabs and get a better idea.

Since you bought the coin and have photos, I am going to move this topic to the Grading sub-forum. I am interested in some opinions that I know are better than mine!

If I look at it really closely with 20X loup I can see all letters in "liberty" but barely

sorry, I know I seem to being trying to push the grade as high as I can, but I might just be making my self see things, if it's a VG-8 it's a VG-8. You guys are the experts.

Far from it brother, far from it.

As far as "LIBERTY" goes, it is a commonly used diagnostic but not etched in stone. Some pieces are weakly struck in this area and could even grade VF without a full Liberty.

The reverse of your coin looks VG to me. Maybe VG10. The obverse has overall wear more consistent with VG than with fine.

Its a weak Fine or high VG in my book, LIBERTY is traditionally a diagnostic for Seated Liberty coins to an extent, but because of a huge number of strike issues across a wide variety of dates, it cannot be the only factor. Sometimes you have LIBERTY very weak on an XF or AU coin and people go grading it F or VF...

As for the ebay auction, I'd say thats a strong G-6

What if the rest of the coin is in G4 condition, but the liberty is almost entirely visible?

Like Bherring says, there is some flexibility in how strong LIBERTY needs to be in order to meet a TPG grading standard. This 1877-CC half has an incomplete LIBERTY yet PCGS assigned a grade of VF-25. Based on this example I think your 1875-CC might have a shot at F-12 from PCGS, assuming they don't find problems like improper cleaning or damage. However, VG-10 seems most likely IMO.

I also agree with VG10.