1854 O Liberty Seated Half Dime - Coin Community Forum

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cinemabon Valued Member United States 154 Posts	Posted 11/13/2011 11:41 am You versus the expert: my mentor (who will always go unmentioned as he works for a coin grading service) looked over this coin earlier this week. His grade and the price of the coin at auction after comments by you, my fellow numismatists, have made your assessments. Report this Post to the Staff

jeffrose Pillar of the Community United States 1432 Posts	Posted 11/13/2011 2:48 pm My uneducated guess . . AU50+ . . $165 Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 11/13/2011 3:49 pm My guess is AU55 and $200 retail. Report this Post to the Staff
w00zi Valued Member United States 168 Posts	Posted 11/13/2011 9:07 pm I am guessing the missing rim on the obverse is from a weak strike so I will say ms62. Report this Post to the Staff
coinguybrian Rest in Peace United States 5375 Posts	Posted 11/13/2011 10:12 pm AU details Report this Post to the Staff
D0ubl3Eagle Pillar of the Community United States 5854 Posts	Posted 11/13/2011 11:37 pm Looks like someone tried to get that black stuff off. Report this Post to the Staff
nolawyer Pillar of the Community United States 763 Posts	Posted 11/14/2011 1:36 pm It looks cleaned to me as well so I will say AU Details. Report this Post to the Staff
w1a9c8k5 Pillar of the Community United States 1348 Posts	Posted 11/14/2011 5:01 pm I also thought cleaned but I am often wrong :) Very nice coin though. Did you say you were going to auction it? Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 11/14/2011 7:51 pm AU cleaned Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 11/14/2011 10:14 pm EF details, cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
cinemabon Valued Member United States 154 Posts	Posted 11/15/2011 11:51 am Appraised as follows: AU 50 details. The details he (my mentor) refers to are difficult to find in the photos. He said the piece probably was cleaned... a hundred years ago and put into a piece of jewelry. He said he would have graded it higher except for those "glaring" defects, which he found on close examination. He also informed me that this type of coin could or rather should never be officially slabbed but added, "Who would want to? Any serious collector would want to look at it closely, not stuffed into some plastic box (despite the fact that is what he does)." A thin and fragile coin, the Half Dime frequently suffers from dings and is quickly becoming one of those significant historical rarities. This coin recently sold at auction for.... $45.00! Thank you, gentlemen, for your honest opinions and appraisals. I always learn a great deal about coins every time I log onto this website. Report this Post to the Staff
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