Raw 1892-0 and 1893-0 Barber Halves

skier07

I picked these coins up recently at an estate sale. They were probably sitting in a Whitman album for the last 50 years. They were part of a larger group of 90% silver.

The scratch/line on the neck of the 1892-0 looks much worse in the picture. In hand it’s visible, barely with a loupe, if the coin is tilted. The 1893-0 is not as dark in hand.

The first two pictures are from the 1892 and the second two are from the 1893.

Comments appreciated.

Thanks.

No Headlights

Don’t believe either would straight grade. The 92 has had a cleaning sometime and also a few obverse rim ticks. 93 also has been cleaned at some point. Lots of small ticks and the reverse gunk will also hurt its chances. But for 90% price you should be very pleased. Congrats on a good purchase

jedm

There's a lot more detail than usually seen in folder coins. I do Agree with @No Headlights about the cleaning, but epecially like the way the reverse of the '92 looks!

ricko

If you got them for 12x... then good deal... not likely to straight grade (maybe), but good keepers and silver. Cheers, RickO

Smudge

That's some really nice "junk silver" good pick up.

ricman

Good grief- for silver price they are super coins!

lakeshore

Absolutely super coins. Can't imagine anyone nit-picking them...

batumi

Both appear to have been cleaned. IDK how our hosts view an old cleaning on circulated coins. I would grade the '92 as AU55, the '93 EF45.

1Mike1

If you're collecting 90% then ok. Both have been cleaned and the black stuff is distracting. Not sure why it looks like the lips on liberty on both coins look discolored.