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United States
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As asked I'm posting all my inherited coins as separate threads for grading. Also, I'm not a coin collector, so it would be helpful if I could get a dollar amount estimate to go along with the grade.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The 1826 Capped Bust half dollar is very high grade at about AU55 with a beautiful strike and great luster. The bust half is worth about $650. Also very original and in demand by collectors. 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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Does the face normally look "sad"? Is it genuine? John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say genuine and agree with AU-55 or so. I think there's been a coincident hit on the mouth.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Absolutely gorgeous. If you considering selling them you should contact an auction house like Heritage or Great Collections. Your grandfather clearly knew what he was doing and bought the best of the best.
Edit - Oops my grade: This one close to Mint State and might grade low Mint State like MS62 even if really AU++ because it is a knock-out.
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06/20/2022 7:00 pm
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Absolutely gorgeous. If you considering selling them you should contact an auction house like Heritage or Great Collections. Your grandfather clearly knew what he was doing and bought the best of the best. I agree. In fact, if you are going to sell them Heritage will take care of slabbing them for you. John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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shes a beauty. I agree with the AU55 grade. one recently sold at this grade for $1140 in april. they show the retail value as $775 and prior sales look like they are in the $600-650 range. these coins have been increasing in value would use the more conservative number of $650 for submission. there are quite a number of varieties of this coin which can affect value. these are called overton varieties. you can have PCGS add the variety to the slab for an additional cost and some are pretty rare so you may want to consider that.
someone may chime in here to give you the overton number. (not in my wheelhouse) when you are on the PCGS.com price guide you can look up the actual value of the variety.
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06/21/2022 08:31 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Easy AU-58. Very nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I say AU-58. The chatter might be on the coin holder window. I really think you need these coins slabbed asap.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
This beautiful 1826 Capped Bust half dollar is the O-109 variety. This is a rarity of R-1, 1000+ known examples, very common. The special thing about this coin is the grade, which I put at AU-58. This coin has great eye appeal, and no major distracting marks. Typical weakly struck stars for this variety, and a handful of minor rim bumps. I put a value of about $550 on this coin as-is. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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United States
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I'm in at AU-58. Fantastic coin!
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Russian Federation
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Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me there is still a shine on the coin. I would guess AU55.
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Posted 06/20/2022 6:10 pm
