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I sold all of my silver Kennedy's this morning to a guy from Craigslist and was pretty much silverless except for my albums and my rolls of Walkers and some ASE's. So today after going through more than $1 million worth of halves (2 million coins) over the last 3 years I found my first Barber half. I threw it in the pile with the rest of todays finds which were actually decent considering how things have been around here for the last 8 months. When I get home I get out me sheet to see if I need it for my set which would make the find even better. https://goccf.com/t/146115&SearchTe...ber,half,setWell it turns out I needed it. I decided to check the price guide quick before I put it in my album and holy cow it was actually worth something. A lot of something. Here it is: an 1892 S.   |
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Great roll find ... congratulations!
David
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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ROFL your first Barber was a key date? You lucky son of a gun!
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go buy a lotto ticket.. amazing find
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Congrats! That's one of the best finds I've heard of!
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I always said "If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck" so if you don't see me around in the near future it is because I got abducted by aliens and struck by lightning or kidnapped while dumping.
On a side note anyone know why the 1892P with a lower mintage is worth only 10% of the S which has a higher mintage?
Were the S melted or ?
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08/26/2013 9:24 pm
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That motivates me to keep looking
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I always said "If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck" so if you don't see me around in the near future it is because I got abducted by aliens and struck by lightning or kidnapped while dumping.
On a side note anyone know why the 1892P with a lower mintage is worth only 10% of the S which has a higher mintage?
Were the S melted or ? Great find, to bad it wasnt an O mint. I cant figure that out with the barbers myself. I have 13 and 15 P already,but the 1892 s is gonna run me what I spent on the 15 and 13 P, and they have alot lower mintage. |
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AWESOME find jack! I'd grade it G-6, even though there's VG detail on it because of all the hits and uneven wear
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Okay, Barber halves don't usually look like this coming out of a roll. Great job on the find!! |
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Congratulations! What an awesome find!
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Congratulations Jack - that's an amazing find  You searched two million coins? Is this what it's like at your house?   Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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To jack jeckel, Not so much that the branch mints "O" and "S" were melted. Rather, that the "P" was saved in large numbers. Think about it: Los Angeles was a village back then and not a major city. "S" mint coins were distributed in the west were money was SPENT and not saved. The east coast, with established and prosperous collectors, could easily save a handful of the new coins. Not so down south or out west. Attached is out latest survival estimates expressed in rarity factors. Hope it helps you a bit. (2007)  Our site provides access to the entire survey. |
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You searched two million coins? Is this what it's like at your house? Not quite that bad but I am going to have to go through all of the uncirculated ones I had been setting aside and the not so nice NIFC and dump that as I am running out room and freeing up some cash would be a good thing. |
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