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1862 S Seated Liberty Half Dollar

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Thoughts? Thanks for looking!




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I could see it getting up to VF20
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nice detail for an upper end F coin.
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I'd grade it VF+ (maybe 25, mayyyybe 30 though thats pushing it) because of the full strong liberty + shield and overall drapery strength. These often don't get F-15 until a lot of liberty is gone because they can differ with strike a lot (though if its a strongly struck coin one without much liberty will often get VG-10)
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I think this would just make VF-35.
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I'm in the VF-35 crowd.
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I'd put that in the VF-20 or so range. Maybe cleaned a long time ago and retoned, although that could just be the lighting.

I like those old Seated halves!
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Just me being impartial:

I agree with a VF-35. The strong Liberty gives it to this one, for me. Minimal and even wear on the wings on the reverse agree with me, I think!
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At first sight, my thoughts were VF-20. Not enough detail on the obverse to bring it up beyond that. The wear in the eagles' feathers will also prevent mugh of a higher grade. Great looking coin though, especially after 148 years.
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I feel a 25. The chest and hair seem a little too blended for 30 to me.

Also, that's a really cool broken 6!
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I think VF-30 details, with a definite cleaning somewhere in it's history.

I've never heard of a Broken 6 variety but it does appear to have something going on with that digit. Can someone confirm whether this is a recognized variety?

There are 3 different mintmark sizes for this date as I recall. This looks like the smallest MM type.
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Looks like WB-103, small wide "broken" mintmark

Only three Wiley-Bugert varieties are listed, all pertaining to the mintmark
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MattBrowning! You have a good eye! I hadn't even noticed!

Here's a couple of close-ups:



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