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1897 S? Half Dollar

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 Posted 01/26/2006  7:35 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add nohope587 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
The S makes all the difference on this one.
I think its an S mint.
Anyone care to put a grade to it?
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I would call this one good.
In my opinion, it doesn't have enough for VG, but better than AG.

But I have just started trying to grade coins for only about two weeks now, so...?
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I agree that it looks like an "S". So many of these mint marks are filled, which makes it harder to identify.

It looks like the LI is visible in LIBERTY, however there's some pitting on the surface. I'd call the obverse G6 details. The reverse has some wear in the letters that I would normally call AG, but the rims are complete and most of the lettering is still pretty sharp. I'd call the overall condition G4.
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Looking through the microscope the LI and Y is visible in LIBERTY and the mint mark is an S with the top of the S being filled I Bought it as a G4 some time ago before the prices on these seem to have gone crazy.
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