1839 Seated Liberty Half Dollar (With Drapery)

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Jaobler Pillar of the Community United States 6381 Posts	Posted 10/07/2025 8:41 pm This was my most expensive purchase at our recent Fresno coin show. It seems a little bright for a silver coin from 1839 but there are no obvious hairline scratches, just a lot of mostly small contact marks. It has very strong cartwheel luster on both sides. Seller called it an AU+ and I'm inclined to agree. What do you think? Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73688 Posts	Posted 10/07/2025 8:46 pm Nice coin! I'm at high AU, maybe AU-58? Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
ArrowsAndRays Pillar of the Community United States 1653 Posts	Posted 10/07/2025 9:30 pm Too many circulation hits to be AU. An old polish. EF 45, probably details from a TPG Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10484 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 12:27 am Hard coin to read from the pictures. It does have very nice detail but chewed up - I'm gonna say MS60 (?) Report this Post to the Staff
smat45 Pillar of the Community United States 2333 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 06:00 am There's something about first year coins... Nice pick up! smat Report this Post to the Staff
jacrispies Pillar of the Community United States 3848 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 08:27 am AU/Unc details cleaned. The vertical hairlines on the left reverse side are sure to detail the coin. Possibly unc details, could go both ways. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955 Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18635 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 09:51 am tough call with that much glare from the lighting which is resulting in shadowing. its hard to say if there is any circulation wear due to this. I think what you have are bag hits and die polishing lines combined. the issue is determining what caused some of those hairlines across some of the devices (bag marks or a cleaning) i can only come up with 4 possible grades better photos with less glare would help narrow it down. 1. AU55 net straight. 2. AU details 3. UNC details 4. MS62 straight i think there are too many hairlines and hits to pull a 58 straight Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 11:19 am Details or not, it is an amazing example! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10034 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 1:31 pm Very nice coin. I agree the cleaning marks might hold it back. Grading depends on how good the coffee is in the office that day. Humans looking at little disks of metal for 8 hours a day produces variations in grades also (besides no actual measurable /verifiable standards being used). How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36558 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 3:11 pm AU details, cleaned. Still has great eye appeal. Report this Post to the Staff
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