Ouch! 1904-S High Grade Circulated Barber Half Dollar Cutout Jewelry. Fair Warning!

TomB

There is a listing currently active on ebay for a 1904-S cutout jewelry Barber half dollar. The listing has been up for a while and no one has hit the BIN, so I thought it was safe to make a thread about it on the boards. The coin was a relatively high grade circulated example before approximately 30% of it was removed!

As mentioned, the listing is still active so it should be relatively straightforward if someone wants to find it. I have no financial interest in the coin so I'm not spamming. Fair warning, close your eyes if you are easily shocked-

braddick

https://www.ebay.com/itm/176724316217

leothelyon

Must of had some terrible gouges in the fields similar to those on the chin and neck.....we'll never know.

Leo

braddick

Look what someone did to this Kennedy half.
The inhumanity.

TomB

@braddick is that a three inch coaster?

Eldorado9

OUCH! For goodness sakes, of all the dates to experiment on, the 1904-s is not the one! Although given the rarity of many mint marked Barber halves, you would be taking chances with most of them! I'm guessing that was a pretty damn nice EF-45 coin prior to the butcher job. Nice EF coin worth around $4,000. today.

fastfreddie

I can't believe they messed up the reverse profile. It hurt my eyes to see that!

rmpsrpms

I did a better job at cutting out mercury dimes when I was 12.

PeakRarities

I guess that's one shortcut for making a circulated cameo...

Walkerfan

YIKES!

Someone butchered a better date Barber that was in decent collector grade!!

DCW

Whoa, check out those mirrored fields! 😆

safari_dude

I just know if I bought it and sent it in, it would come back as ‘questionable color’….🤪😂