I have this good friend who's dad died and left him a rather large coin collection. (all raw coins) He wanted nothing to do with it and sold me the collection for it's "melt" value, with the agreement if anything rare or expensive was found and graded, we would split the difference. Being new to coin collecting (<5 years) I figured I could get some advice as to grade and if a coin is worth slabbing or not.
First coin I decided to go with is a 1909 Barber Half in what appears to be AU/low MS grade. Fluorescent Lighting vs LED Lighting and a video to show luster. Looks really nice in hand, but it might have some rim issues, gouge near liberty's ear... What are your thoughts, is this coin worth sending to a TPG?
If it were me, I wouldn't rush to sent it in for grading, but if you can find 5-10 + others to send off worth grading, I'd probably add this to the list.
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