A New One For Me, 1873 Seated Liberty Half Dollar

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JohnAP Valued Member United States 245 Posts	Posted 05/23/2008 4:45 pm Here I go, striking off into uncharted (for me) territory. http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...obverse1.jpg http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...reverse1.jpg What say you? Report this Post to the Staff

hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 05/23/2008 5:18 pm Nice coin. My gut reaction is VF...though EF might be closer to the actual grade. I see quite a bit of wear on the breast and thigh on the obverse though the reverse doesn't seem equally worn. I'm speculating that this apparent imbalance may indicate a weaker strike. I'm NOT as experienced in this series as I am with a few other 19th century series, so others may give you a much more knowledgeable estimate as to grade. I like this series...so one of these days, as opportunity arises, I think I'll have to start accumulating more of them than what I currently have. Report this Post to the Staff
TLS5933 Pillar of the Community United States 1703 Posts	Posted 05/23/2008 5:25 pm Lets put a little light on the subject.As far as grade goes I would give put it in the EF40-45 range. What bothers me is all the fine hairline scratches in this coin.Over Miss Libertys right shoulder,you can see an exellent example of what I believe was someones attempt at cleaning this coin.Many fine lines on both obverse & reverse. Also dark areas in the date is a giveaway.So my grade is EF-40 harshly cleaned. Edited by TLS5933 05/23/2008 5:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
1sikevo Pillar of the Community United States 1130 Posts	Posted 05/23/2008 5:46 pm Obv - VF35 details, Rev - EF40, cleaned/polished Net VF35 Report this Post to the Staff
hadleydog Pillar of the Community Canada 1267 Posts	Posted 05/23/2008 6:11 pm Harshly cleaned and ready for a body bag. Almost 150 year old silver coins should not look like that. Sorry. Edited by hadleydog 05/23/2008 6:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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