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Hey guys, My name is Shane. I'm new to the forum...I was just wondering what you all think of my barber? Can I get a "in the ball park" grade?   Thanks guys, Shane |
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Welcome to the forum Shane. I'm really tough on Barbers..I would only go AG, maybe Good. I think that you would need a little more detail on the ribbon and on the rim. The date is very readable on the obverse, other than lacking the mentioned detail, is nice. Let's see what others think. It may reach Good but, I wouldn't go any further.
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08/13/2006 9:09 pm
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I would say AG. The thing with a circulated coin is you look at them and imagine who may have once owned them.
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Where are my manors? Welcome to our CCF.
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Hi Shane,
I would also say AG.Welcome to the forum!!
:) sn31.
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I give it a G-4 Shane and welcome to the forums.
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what does the "4" mean it G-4? As you can see, I'm new to the grading thing...Also, is having a coin garded by pro's make it worth more? I seen a AG-3 barber selling for $315 on ebay, on the obverse side, our coins look the same, but on the reverse side, mine would take the cake...oh yea his is from 1896..His was grade'd by pro's as well Shane |
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It's the rating system used by most collectors these days. It goes anywhere from 0-70. A G-4 is Good-4 I don't want to plagiarize someone elses website so I will just put a link here for you. http://www.acoin.com/grading.htmThis will pretty much give you the basic idea. As all of us have, you will learn with time and the more coins you look at the better you will get. I hit the coin grading practice on this forum from time to time when someone posts. It is a pretty good resource for learning grading. Edited by Irishraider
08/13/2006 8:37 pm
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I'd say AG-3. Welcome to CCF!
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Hi Shane welcome to the forum !!
Rick
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To give you a better idea about your coin. It wouldn't be worth your while to have it Graded. It looks like an 1898 S (San Francisco Mint). There were 1,020,592 of them minted. In good condition that is around $10. An AG-3 according to ANA Grading Standards are: Obverse: Head is outlined, with nearly all details worn away. Date is readable but partially worn away. Legend is merging into rim. Reverse: Entire design is partially worn away and legend merges with rim. G-4 is: Obverse: Entire design is well worn, with very little detail remaining. Legend is weak but visible. Liberty is worn away. Rim is flat but complete. Reverse: Eagle is worn flat but is completely outlined. Ribbon is worn nearly smooth. Legend is weak but visible. Rim is worn to tops of letters and incomplete in spots. If the 1896 that you saw on e-bay is an S, which I believe that it is...the RedBook shows a Good, 1896-S at a value of $675. Why? There were only 188,039 of them minted. In addition to grade, you must look at the number of coins minted as well. That will make a hugh difference in value and collectibility. Does any of this make sense to you? Let us know. I'm sorry Shane but, this coin would not grade any higher than our estimations here and would not bring you any more money if it were. Grading certainly has it's place with a key date, low mintage, quality coin but, not with this one. |
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Yea this makes sence, okay I was wondering why they 1896 was worth soo much...I put my coin on ebay..Maybe i'll get lucky.... Shane |
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Originally posted by deputy865
Yea this makes sence, okay I was wondering why they 1896 was worth soo much...I put my coin on ebay..Maybe i'll get lucky....
Shane
Just don't be too disappointed if you get less than $10 or around $10. It's a high mintage and mileage coin. You never know, that one person may be out there that needs this coin for their set! Keep showing us what you have and you'll learn the ropes rather quickly here. We're all here to help and love doing it! Edited by dsking
08/13/2006 9:23 pm
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Welcome to our CC family, Shane!  I'd say that your coin is an AG3 (Almost Good). The reason for this is that I believe that both the obverse and reverse rims need to be complete for a full Good G4 grade. Here is a link to our Coin Facts page on these coins. It will give you mintages and other info along with a cursory grading guide. Liberty Head "Barber" Quarter Coin Facts |
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I've a question regarding the AG-3 grade. Is there any value placed upon a coin graded AG-3 other than the face value of the coin?
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Originally posted by Ralph
I've a question regarding the AG-3 grade. Is there any value placed upon a coin graded AG-3 other than the face value of the coin?
Hello Ralph, to answer your question, most coins are not very valuable in this condition.. however there are exceptions in this paticular coin say in Ag you would maybe get $6.00 to $10.00 for it It is only has a vace value of 50 cents plus you could consider if it were not worth even that much at 12.50 grams of silver at todays silver prices that still really good . Using a 2003 price guide a large cent (Flowing hair "Chain type reverse" ) in ag is worth $1,400. so it really depends on the coin. I hope this answered your question. |
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