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How would you grade this 1806 Half Dollar?   *** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! *** |
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A really nice looking coin, I'd put it around VF25 without seeing it in hand, there is a lot weakness in the strike on the reverse the obverse is strong, but that weakly struck backside will hold it back I think, fairly balanced out at VF25 in my opinion.
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The one thing about this coin, and maybe I will take a video of it later, is that is has more luster than I had ever seen in a silver circulated coin.
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Definitely a weak strike on the left side of the coin, but a lot of sharpness in the hair and elsewhere. I'd say XF-40 with attractive surfaces.
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I'd say XF-40 with attractive surfaces. My first write up I had EF40 but the look at the larger images changed my mind. Quote:
The one thing about this coin, and maybe I will take a video of it later, is that is has more luster than I had ever seen in a silver circulated coin. It does look like luster is present, but there really should not be any original luster left at EF40. Wonder if it was cleaned and retoned for any appearance of luster to be remaining (false luster)? This coin is an enigma to me.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
11/13/2021 11:45 am
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XF-40 with a weak strike. Nice looking coin. These draped bust coins seem to have luster even at lower grades. I was initially thinking VF-35, but there isn't a lot of rub on this coin.
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I'm in the XF40 club
Neat coin
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I seem to be the only one unable to participate. Edited by Coinfrog
11/13/2021 7:42 pm
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I am worried about the lines under the date, they seem clean and the rest of the coin has a 200 year old tone. The date seems overstamped or added. The strike is very weak especially on the Reverse.
Grading in my opinion - Fine to goodFine, I have no idea why anyone would say XF or even VF, I think its American overgrading again.
Basically I am not 100% convinced its genuine - but then again my knowledge of very old American coins is limited.
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I am certain this coin is genuine. The absence of toning below the date is pullaway toning, not unusual in early bust halves. This is an Overton-125 variety, and apparently the strike weakness on the reverse is fairly common in this variety. Here's an O-125 that sold at Heritage several years ago that was graded XF-40 by NGC, with similar weakness on the reverse.  |
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Zurie is correct, I came to post about pullaway toning earlier, but got side tracked with the hockey game. This is a common look to coins of this era especially, also seen often on Morgan dollars. I'm sticking with my VF grade but I'm going up a little to VF30 now after seeing the really large images. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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I am just looking at some opinions on pull away toning and while it seems that most people with some experience in this matter believe that the reduction in toning about the raised devices, especially the lettering, in old silver US coins is a sign of natural toning, they don't seem to all agree on the nomenclature. Some, at least, feel that pull away toning refers to a matted sort of toning that happens to coins like Morgans that sat in bags and the toning flakes off in the bag. While this toning is a result of a condition with a light sulfur environment where the metal flow about devices prove to resist the light toning. But I can't find any primary research on the topic. |
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