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Grade, Please.... 1911 Barber Half Dollar

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 Posted 10/29/2007  6:58 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add blcoinnut to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Can someone help grade my 1911 half dollar?
Don't know if it can make a fine.
Fine needs 3 letters in liberty,mine has parts of all letters.
Thanks for the help.



Grade,-Please....-1911-Barber-Half-Dollar

Grade,-Please....-1911-Barber-Half-Dollar
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10/29/2007 7:03 pm
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 Posted 10/29/2007  7:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bonedigger to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like F-12/15 to me.

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 Posted 10/29/2007  7:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add scoutjim99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a fine to me also. I have always been told on Barber coinage that if you have 2 full letters and 2 half letters or more then it owuld grade a fine.
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 Posted 10/29/2007  11:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bilbo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Solid F-12.

"All letters in LIBERTY are weak but visible." ( ANA Grading Standards)
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I'd say F12. I have no problems with the obverse but the reverse is what holds me back from going any higher.
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Not much I can add that hasn't already been said. Good looking coin for the grade, though. Congratulations.
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 Posted 10/30/2007  09:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amac44 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
all I can say has been said.
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I have to dissent a little and say that overall I'd grade it VG-10. I won't quibble about the letters in liberty but the scratch through the mouth, the reverse, and the rim dings provide enough detractions to pull it under F for me. A good solid coin, one of my favorite series.
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I'd vote with HABIB: VG-10. The 1914 Barber half I sent in with SuperDave's group PCGS submission has almost identical wear and PCGS gave that coin a VG-10. This coin is solid for that grade.
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I agree with the VG10 grade. This is one of the coins whose grading standards changed to be more "market-friendly". By the old standards, LIBERTY needs to be complete in order to make Fine. I still grade by those standards. Yours is a solid VG10 in my book and very attractive for the grade.
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