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I picked up a nice Barber half dollar at the ANA in Denver last month and wanted to see what the CCF members had to say about her. Granted, she is presently in a NGC holder and I wanting to cross her to PCGS. If you feel so inclined, would you please give your opinions on the present holder and what do you think PCGS would grade as. Thank you for your interest and comments!    |
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That is one beautiful coin. Toned examples are a grading problem for me..do I see some rub under the toning?,probably not. maybe MS-62...I will probably get a grading lesson here! and don't mind at all...Love the coin!
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The tone is what opened my "slush fund" for it.
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au58. would expect better luster even with the toning in an ms coin. beautiful nevertheless.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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 Some light wear on the eagle's feathers. Can't really see any mint luster under the toning or it may just be the lighting in the picture. |
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Heck, I'll say 65. It's a beauty.
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Wear on the feathers = AU-58.
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Love the toning . The only issue I see with this coin is that distracting scratch across shield . MS-64 .  |
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I'm typically not a fan of Barber coinage at all. However, this one is making me change my mind. I'm no expert on this series but I feel like it has to be MS-something. Beautiful toning and nice half! |
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NGC graded her as MS61. I see a slight cheek rub in addition to the eagles neck, below the shield and the wing leading edge for wear and hopefully will garner an AU58, maybe even a plus (+) from PCGS when I cross it. If it comes back MS...I'll sell it.
Edited by oih82w8
09/25/2017 06:17 am
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I would tolerate the gouge across the shield to own that color.  The gouge is the reason I agree with your opinion that AU58 is the "real" ceiling for this coin. |
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Posted 09/23/2017 10:41 am
