Elongated at 1893 Columbian Exposition

Coll3ctor

I wonder how many of these were squished

https://www.ebay.com/itm/387856243777

davewesen

Barber halves or coins?

MWallace

Tons for Cent, Nickel, and Dimes. Not so many for higher denominations and foreign coins.

Here's a link to the different types of dies used.

https://ngccoin.com/news/article/12103/

renomedphys

I’m just not seeing the “S”, but sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

davewesen

I can't figure out how they can grade these. The underlying coin or the elongated design? Here is an 1893 nickel graded VF20.

https://ngccoin.com/certlookup/4840788-001/20/

Coll3ctor

@davewesen said:
Barber halves or coins?

Key date Barber halves.

privatecoin

@MWallace said:
Tons for Cent, Nickel, and Dimes. Not so many for higher denominations and foreign coins.

Here's a link to the different types of dies used.

https://ngccoin.com/news/article/12103/

That's really great info.

jonathanb

@davewesen said:
I can't figure out how they can grade these. The underlying coin or the elongated design? Here is an 1893 nickel graded VF20.

https://ngccoin.com/certlookup/4840788-001/20/

Grading is based on the elongated design. Similarly for counterstamped coins, graded based on the counterstamp, etc.