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Valued Member
United States
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I'd like your opinion on grade for this Barber dime. I'm concerned about the number of blemishes on the obverse. Thanks! Dan  
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say VF. I think it might straight grade. The scratches aren't that bad.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see the concern with the scratches. The circulation dings are OK, but the scratches behind the cap look like someone tried to remove gunk from the coin's surface. There are similar scratches above and especially left of and below ONE on the reverse. That probably would detail the coin.
That said, I think the underlying grade would make EF-40, so I'm at EF Details on this one. As details coins go, this one isn't bad.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18645 Posts |
the coin may have been rubbed with something that left some of those hairlines as identified by FC
XF details
Edited by panzaldi 09/25/2025 08:04 am
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Moderator
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I like the light circulation cameo. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2608 Posts |
I'm concerned by the scratches that fortcollins identified, so  with EF-40 Details. It's certainly not the worst example you could get, but I would definitely pass on this. Even without the details grade, this coin is not very attractive due to the abundance of marks and hits. Look for a wholesome, problem-free example with nice eye appeal.
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Pillar of the Community
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2132 Posts |
I would repeat what CollegeBarbers graded this coin XF40, it's a coin that should be housed in a 2X2 cardboard holder.. But I do love that it was minted in New Orleans, which might help it out a lot...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
878 Posts |
Eye appeal is lacking. I knew immediately from the style of the pictures that this was sold by Great Southern Coin. They specialize in buying details coins in both holdered and unholdered off ebay and all the other usual auction houses and then flipping them advertising grades usually well beyond what they are. They also have 20k or more followers, most uninformed and substantially over paying for coins. I would return it for said reasons. You might find this thread interesting which involves GSC at the end. https://goccf.com/t/468101&SearchTerms=1812
Edited by adam126402 09/25/2025 7:56 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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18645 Posts |
do you have this coin in hand?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4468 Posts |
The coin sold for a strong auction price of $213.50. If you are the winning bidder, return the coin as it is over priced by about $100. If you are lucky, Great Southern Con will block you from bidding on their auctions in the future.
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Pillar of the Community
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An easy pass on this example.
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