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1868-S Half - Seeking Input

AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I'm an EACer but I have a potential opportunity to pick this coin up at a reasonable price (low demand for this sort of thing around here). The coin is in another part of the country so I have only these photos to go by. What do you think?

Smitten with DBLCs.

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    looks XF to me.

    Frank

    BHNC #203

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    carabonnaircarabonnair Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it - but then I prefer San Francisco stuff. Looks problem-free, maybe the dark toning kept it from XF40? I would probably go for it and use it for a trade down the road.

    Gawain

    Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,938 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If the price is right I'd go for it. The coin looks properly graded to me. I wouldn't give it an XF40.

    All glory is fleeting.
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    ARCOARCO Posts: 4,311 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a nice original half. If price is right, you can't go wrong.

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    amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 20, 2019 3:02PM

    If you don't want it if the price is right as you say I'll buy it! o:)

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,250 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Solid for the grade. Nice sort of circulated cameo look.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree with the above... nice coin if the price is right....When a good buy comes along, I usually will pick it up... even when I am not particularly seeking one. I know...kinda silly... but I like coins. ;) Cheers, RickO

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    AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the feedback. I also thought it looked OK for the grade (the reverse maybe better) but I don't know beans about the series. We'll see how she goes. Auction (on our local version of eBay) ends in a week.

    Smitten with DBLCs.

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice, I like it !!! :)

    Timbuk3
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    AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got it. Not quite as cheaply as I had hoped for a minute (last second bidder) but still much less than any auction of the past several years. Now I have exactly one Seated Liberty Half in my collection!

    Smitten with DBLCs.

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    DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can't go wrong.

    Looks like you bought it right.......good price and strong for the grade.

    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,505 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like the crusty looks that it has. nice score :)

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,688 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice looking example!

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    gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Conrad's! Nice looking eye appealing coin.

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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Solid VF and no more.

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