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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
United States
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MS-63+ , Forget about sending it in .  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Ouch! Looks like I have a lot of work to do studying up my half dollar grading!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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If you had an 65 for this keep. I have hard time for 63
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Bedrock of the Community
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i think its between 62 and 63. for me this is one of the more challenging series to grade and probably why I never collected them other than pulling the 64's from circulation. if you are going to seriously put a set together imo you need to dig into grading them deeper. also the glare on the photos is not helping so it might lean closer to the MS63
just a tip...you cannot pull a 65 if the luster is broken. for me the highest I grade one like that would be 64 and I go down from there.
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Pillar of the Community
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That is a great tip! You just downgraded all my Kennedy's by 3 points! lol!
I definitely will not be starting to upgrade halves anytime soon. I'll stick to working on the quarters, nickels, and dimes. My eye is getting closer with those, although I'm still high on them too. Next will be cents. Lots of info I need to pick up with them.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm thinking MS60-61. A fair number of rim ticks, light scratches across the eagle's breast shield. Strike appears soft. Lighting used for photos isn't optimum so it's difficult to make a better assessment.
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Pillar of the Community
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@Captain. I collect the halves and quarters. The halves are one of the most difficult to have in high grades. For 1981P took me more then 15 years to have an MS67. Those clad series are characterized by weaker strikes, which will downgrade. Have an 1981P in over 66 it is a really challenge. The trick for grading those it is not the reverse it is the observe and their it is the big game. The reverse main for grading are the feathers main (central upper the shield) and the feathers of the tile. Other think it is the luster in almost of the cases are different. The reverse in general better then the observe, and here the game start, to have same luster uniform. the quarters are the same in some how and much more design varieties which it is a challenge also.
Good LUCK.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Far from a gem. I'd say 63 tops.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanx everyone! I have gone back through my mint sets and dropped everything by at least 3 points, most more. I'd say out of all my Kennedys from mint sets 70-98 I have a couple low choice coins now. Everything else is ms62 and below. Grading these is going to take some work on my part.
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Pillar of the Community
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I suspect this one looks better in hand, maybe MS-64
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Posted 04/01/2022 11:45 pm
