1892-S Barber Half Dollar. Help Me Figure A Grade/Value!? - Page 2

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baer2ymcmb Valued Member United States 63 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 4:30 pm Hmmm. Sound s like a good plan.I'll have to snap photos of all my other coins..will do this today later on and post up for you guys:) Report this Post to the Staff
baer2ymcmb Valued Member United States 63 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 7:56 pm Trying to upload images and new topics regarding my other Coins but can't upload using my mobile phone Report this Post to the Staff
w1a9c8k5 Pillar of the Community United States 1348 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 8:34 pm once you get a chance at the computer upload away! Report this Post to the Staff
baer2ymcmb Valued Member United States 63 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 10:00 pm doing that now!! (: please check my other topic's and post's on mny other coins, I'm ineed of all your guys help!! thank you for the help thus far, really REALLY much needed (: Report this Post to the Staff
baer2ymcmb Valued Member United States 63 Posts	Posted 06/09/2012 01:07 am UPDATED photos of the coin..use these for further reviewing/compare to others..these are better quality I do believe. Here they are, and as before, a few people graded my coin (there opinions atleast) this to be a VF30 to a EF40. Do these pictures help to clean up any confusion with that? ill put a few others if requested. these two seem to have came out the best I think,,. Report this Post to the Staff
baer2ymcmb Valued Member United States 63 Posts	Posted 06/09/2012 01:19 am a few more...not much diffrent, just diffrent lighting so maybe helps see the coin better/diffrent lighting.. Report this Post to the Staff
donkrx Valued Member United States 227 Posts	Posted 06/10/2012 5:16 pm First pics are better because in these pictures there is glare on the bust and hair which makes it harder to see wear and detail. A key feature on Barber's is the LIBERTY band on the bust so if anything try to get a close up view of that and/or the hair detail. Since this is a pre-1901 Barber half I would say (and I'm a novice so take it with an unusually large grain of salt) the line under the LIBERTY band needs to be raised and complete to get the XF-40 grade. Otherwise it is a very solid VF35. I would suggest sending your coins to PCGS or NGC instead of ANACS. First of all coins certified by PCGS or NGC make more money than ANACS, so even if its more expensive its worth considering. Second ANACS is known to slap "CLEANED" on many of their slabbed coins which will murder the market value of your coin (or just waste your time & money for the grading). Also something that might make you feel better: Quote: NGCcoin.com: Barber halves pre-dated the popular collecting of coins from circulation, which began during the mid-1930s. Though most of the dates after 1900 could still be found with some effort at that time and for a few years afterward, these coins were by then quite heavily worn. Thus, Barber halves survive primarily in grades below Fine. In fact, the grades of Fine through Extremely Fine are those most scarce and highly sought by date and mint collectors. Examples having their natural surfaces intact ("original" is the popular term) are always in high demand. Report this Post to the Staff
donkrx Valued Member United States 227 Posts	Posted 06/10/2012 5:29 pm Consider using this as a resource for grading your coins yourself: http://www.pcgs.com/photograde It's useful and easy to use for coins that grade less than MS (anything up to and including AU). It shows you a reference set of coins in each grade so you can just compare your coin to the pictures. You should be able to get a pretty close idea of the grade for anything that has a little bit of wear. Report this Post to the Staff
baer2ymcmb Valued Member United States 63 Posts	Posted 06/10/2012 6:19 pm wow..thank you both very much, this is all very usful information for me and my fiance. will put alot of use to these post's. thank you!!! Report this Post to the Staff
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