How's My Barber Look, Shes 108 Years Old!

To give you a better idea about your coin. It wouldn't be worth your while to have it Graded. It looks like an 1898 S (San Francisco Mint). There were 1,020,592 of them minted. In good condition that is around $10. An AG-3 according to ANA Grading Standards are: Obverse: Head is outlined, with nearly all details worn away. Date is readable but partially worn away. Legend is merging into rim. Reverse: Entire design is partially worn away and legend merges with rim. G-4 is: Obverse: Entire design is well worn, with very little detail remaining. Legend is weak but visible. Liberty is worn away. Rim is flat but complete. Reverse: Eagle is worn flat but is completely outlined. Ribbon is worn nearly smooth. Legend is weak but visible. Rim is worn to tops of letters and incomplete in spots.

If the 1896 that you saw on e-bay is an S, which I believe that it is...the RedBook shows a Good, 1896-S at a value of $675. Why? There were only 188,039 of them minted. In addition to grade, you must look at the number of coins minted as well. That will make a hugh difference in value and collectibility.

Does any of this make sense to you? Let us know.

I'm sorry Shane but, this coin would not grade any higher than our estimations here and would not bring you any more money if it were. Grading certainly has it's place with a key date, low mintage, quality coin but, not with this one.

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Originally posted by deputy865

Yea this makes sence, okay I was wondering why they 1896 was worth soo much...I put my coin on ebay..Maybe i'll get lucky....

Shane

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Just don't be too disappointed if you get less than $10 or around $10. It's a high mintage and mileage coin. You never know, that one person may be out there that needs this coin for their set!

Keep showing us what you have and you'll learn the ropes rather quickly here. We're all here to help and love doing it!

I've a question regarding the AG-3 grade. Is there any value placed upon a coin graded AG-3 other than the face value of the coin?

Scoutjim99 - thanks - I think. There's so much that I don't know about this hobby of our's that, sometimes when it's explained to me, I still don't grasp it. My reason for asking my original question is that I have several coins in what I would consider AG-3 based upon what I've seen, read in the Whitman book - The Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins - a few of them are: Walking Liberty halves - 1916-1916D-1916S-1921-1921S are all in what I believe AG-3, as well as some of my CC Morgans. I was wondering if, in this grade, they had a collectable value, and I don't know if there is any literature listing AG-3 values.
Oh, I like this hobby, and my collection too much to even consider melt value. Too much fun.- Ralph

scoutjim99 - I don't know how many pics I can post with a message, so I just posted the Walking Liberty halves. I'm thinking with them being in the condition they are, and partial dates that they will come in as AG-3. I'll post another message with pics of the CC Morgans I have that I think are AG-3.

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very nice Ralph all of the walkers are Ag and I think all of the Morgans are Good, except for the 1878 it is Ag with th 1883 being Vg. Your coins are very nice.

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Originally posted by Ralph

scoutjim99 - thanks for the help. I assumed they would all come in at AG-3 - even the Morgans. The reason for my estimate for the 1883 CC Morgan was the presense of scratches across Liberty's face - figured that would bring the grade down.
I'm more into building my collection than into the resale value, but I, like everyone I'm sure, would like to try and put a monetary value on my collection - personal pride, should an emergency arise, or.....
However, I've never run across anything that places any value on coins that are about good, so my records show alot of blanks in the Grade column, as well as in the value column. Is there such a listing that indicates the value of the lesser grades?
Ralph

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Sure we all try to put monetary value on our collection, but that is not why I collect. What I meant rather was the amount of money needed to Replace those specific coins and how hard they are to find now adays with out spending a fortune. I don't believe the scratches would detract from grade in those conditions usually only in higher grades ms-65 and above however they do need to be noted.