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NEWP: Draped Bust Half-LE... thoughts and a GTG... Grade Revealed.

lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 22, 2024 3:49PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Well, I had to dip into savings, but this little lady followed me home... :smile:

As always, thoughts and a Guess the Grade... Here are the TV's... I'll post some more pics later tonight...

Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.

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  • Davidk7Davidk7 Posts: 335 ✭✭✭✭

    35.

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  • alaura22alaura22 Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF-30

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,306 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF25

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  • TonedeafTonedeaf Posts: 239 ✭✭✭✭✭

    25

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  • logger7logger7 Posts: 8,522 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice nice coin, first impression was EF.

  • Manifest_DestinyManifest_Destiny Posts: 6,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    30

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are a couple more images from my set-up...

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • jacrispiesjacrispies Posts: 936 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF-35!!

    "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33. Young fellow suffering from Bust Half fever.
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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,002 ✭✭✭✭✭

    F-15. Not a collector of these, but comparing to photograde, my guess.
    Jim


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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,147 ✭✭✭✭✭

    XF40

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  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 7,909 ✭✭✭✭✭

    30 is my guess. Nice coin.

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  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,169 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 21, 2024 5:03PM

    25 is my guess. Love the color!

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  • jughead1893jughead1893 Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭✭✭

    30

  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF 25, and great skin and eye appeal.

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  • BustDMsBustDMs Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool! Congratulations!!!

    I would guess 30.

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  • jfriedm56jfriedm56 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks to be high range VF or better. Clean coin overall so I think EF-40.

  • Davidk7Davidk7 Posts: 335 ✭✭✭✭

    Here is my example of the 1806 O-109 that just graded VF30 for reference.

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  • CryptoCrypto Posts: 3,697 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I grade it an incredibly choice vf20

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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,562 ✭✭✭✭✭

    30 nice looking coin

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,347 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF30 by current standards.

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,306 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm blown away by all the high grade guesses, maybe because I'm not a paying member to PCGS they don't let me see the new up to date version of photograde??

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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,173 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think VF30. Really nice coin!

  • shishshish Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice VF-25 or 30.

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinbuf said:
    I'm blown away by all the high grade guesses, maybe because I'm not a paying member to PCGS they don't let me see the new up to date version of photograde??

    Maybe the Coinfacts XF45 might help. The wear pattern on the reverse is what hung me up... I'll post pics of my coin this evening...

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • VictaVicta Posts: 33 ✭✭

    VF-35 and very choice for the grade.

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,991 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The obverse looks like a VF-35 with no pazzaze. The reverse looks like VF-25 with the same problem. I guess you would call it VF-30, but it wouldn't be for me. The coin appears to have been cleaned with baking soda years ago.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,991 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I guess some people might be wondering why I am not more enthusiastic about this coin. Here is a piece that is graded VF-35 graded from the same era.

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  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

    30 seems correct, I would not be surprised if it's 25.

  • NorthStarNorthStar Posts: 55 ✭✭

    Well...
    I was sitting with @Ikenefic when he bought this nice Draped Bust half for his type set. It's not fair for me to GTG! If you ever get a chance check out the dealer he purchased it from David N. Johnson. He's got a great eye for quality.

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hello All... wow, quite the spread of guesses (F15 to XF... nice eye appeal to borderline PoS). Here's the "reveal". VF30 and I thought it was one of the nicer ones...

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @NorthStar said:
    Well...
    I was sitting with @Ikenefic when he bought this nice Draped Bust half for his type set. It's not fair for me to GTG! If you ever get a chance check out the dealer he purchased it from David N. Johnson. He's got a great eye for quality.

    David is a good guy.
    He used to post on the forum as 1798Collector. Back then he was primarily an EAC dealer, and was pretty tight with Tom Reynolds. He has since moved into many other series and usually has a great selection of better slabbed material.

    Successful BST transactions with 171 members. Ebeneezer, Tonedeaf, Shane6596, Piano1, Ikenefic, RG, PCGSPhoto, stman, Don'tTelltheWife, Boosibri, Ron1968, snowequities, VTchaser, jrt103, SurfinxHI, 78saen, bp777, FHC, RYK, JTHawaii, Opportunity, Kliao, bigtime36, skanderbeg, split37, thebigeng, acloco, Toninginthblood, OKCC, braddick, Coinflip, robcool, fastfreddie, tightbudget, DBSTrader2, nickelsciolist, relaxn, Eagle eye, soldi, silverman68, ElKevvo, sawyerjosh, Schmitz7, talkingwalnut2, konsole, sharkman987, sniocsu, comma, jesbroken, David1234, biosolar, Sullykerry, Moldnut, erwindoc, MichaelDixon, GotTheBug
  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerguy21D said:

    @NorthStar said:
    Well...
    I was sitting with @Ikenefic when he bought this nice Draped Bust half for his type set. It's not fair for me to GTG! If you ever get a chance check out the dealer he purchased it from David N. Johnson. He's got a great eye for quality.

    David is a good guy.
    He used to post on the forum as 1798Collector. Back then he was primarily an EAC dealer, and was pretty tight with Tom Reynolds. He has since moved into many other series and usually has a great selection of better slabbed material.

    I remember 1798Collector from the first time I joined the Forum and was active around 2006 or so... wow, I didn't know. Super easy to deal with...

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,991 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The “True View” image did this piece no favors. The full slab photos looks like a piece with envelope friction on the high points, which is not the best eye appeal look, but better than the True View. The second Draped Bust, Large Eagle half dollar I had as a young collector looked like this. The first one I had a hole in it, but had original surfaces. I paid $4.50 for it and sold it for $6.50 a few years later.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?

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