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Grade this Barber Quarter Found in a Junk roll

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It is a 1896-S that I pulled from a junk roll of silver
Thank you in Advance
Paul
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice find! Good-5

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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    That is one heck of a find in a junk roll! Grades good.
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    GTOsterGTOster Posts: 860 ✭✭✭
    It was in a roll of Washington Quarters that i picked up at a show in West Chester
    Open it looked at it and about fell out of my chair
    Thanks
    Paul
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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
    G4...I love an accidental cherrypick!
    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
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    commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,078 ✭✭✭
    Wow! Thats a great find! I think it may go G-6, G-4 for sure anyways

    -Paul
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    NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,989 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, awesome find.

    G-6
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    DrPeteDrPete Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭
    It's a G6. Full rim reverse helps pull it up. G4 can have wear into the lettering on the reverse on coins from the 1890's. That's a choice piece for the grade. Leave that original dirt on the coin as it makes it more desirable. DO NOT CLEAN IT, PLEASE!

    Congrats.
    Dr. Pete
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    G6-VG8
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    MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's a G6. Full rim reverse helps pull it up. G4 can have wear into the lettering on the reverse on coins from the 1890's. That's a choice piece for the grade. Leave that original dirt on the coin as it makes it more desirable. DO NOT CLEAN IT, PLEASE!

    Congrats. >>



    Ditto : Listen to the good doctor.

    Amazing find in a junk roll - just amazing.
    Mike Hayes
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    ricmanricman Posts: 313 ✭✭✭
    G6. Confirmation that such "finds" still happen!!image
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    RickMilauskasRickMilauskas Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭
    Nice find...!
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    DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd grade it about $1,100
    When in doubt, don't.
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    AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,366 ✭✭✭✭
    VG 8
    All coins kept in bank vaults.
    PCGS Registries
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    Solid G-6 for this date I would say. Nice find from a junk roll!
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    RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,371 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A super find, congratulations! image

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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It was in a roll of Washington Quarters that i picked up at a show in West Chester
    Open it looked at it and about fell out of my chair
    Thanks
    Paul >>



    Wow--it was in a roll of Washies ????

    Man-somebody put that little baby in the wrong pile...
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
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    ARCOARCO Posts: 4,311 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not too shabby for a junk roll find. I personally would call it a G-4. G6 and VG8 need to have some laurel wreath detail for my tastes. Of course that is my opinion and it seems most put it at the G6 level.

    Here is the BCCS web page with a cursory grading scale. Barber quarter grading scale


    Despite the quibbling over one or two grading points, yours is a find to be really really proud of.

    Tyler
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    dogwooddogwood Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations. image I'd say Good-6 if you can see the L and the Y in Liberty. Not that a G4 and G6 are that far apart $-wise. Those rims are very bold.
    We're all born MS70. I'm about a Fine 15 right now.
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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 22,769 ✭✭✭✭✭
    congrats... terrific find and under the circumstances, the grade is secondary. G-4 is likely

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

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    Nice find Paul.
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    NicNic Posts: 3,343 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good 6 and good for you. Congrat.'s! K
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    Congratulations on a great find !!!image


    ...BTW...I'm new around here but doesn't this qualify for a big "you suck" ?image


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    Re: Slabbed coins - There are some coins that LIVE within clear plastic and wear their labels with pride... while there are others that HIDE behind scratched plastic and are simply dragged along by a label. Then there are those coins that simply hang out, naked and free image
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    pb2ypb2y Posts: 1,461
    G 4 +
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    LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I seem to recall a recent thread about "how long have you been looking for a lost coin" (or something to that extent).

    At any rate, the person that sold that roll of junk quarters will have the doozie in that thread!
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    Where are the people who always suggest that situations like these are a test of one's integrity. Shouldn't you return the coin to the seller informing him/her of their mistake?



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    PonyExpress8PonyExpress8 Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭
    G4 and a great find. Dr. Pete definitely has it right leave it as is. Good job.
    The End of the Line in the West.

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    MS-63 ! image
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    ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭
    image BTW: You Suckimage
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    G6 and harshly cleaned IMHO.

    Cartwheel

    Ditto on the "you suck!"
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    Great find - Congratulations!

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