would you take a second look if this coin was on the bourse or in an auction?

michael

pcgs ms 65 barber half 1909 with monster booming cartwheel lustre
a super nice 65 with a 66 reverse

a so called common date gem barber half....................

also what makes this coin exceptional in my minds eye is that it is a totally original undipped thick skinned coin and the real kicker is that it is WHITE!!!

now what do you think? would you give this coin a second look if on the bourse or in an auction??

sincerely michael

oldcameoproofsguy

Are you kidding Michael?

The luster alone on that Barber would blind me. A common date Barber in gem brilliant condition is an aberration.

coppercoins

I would have a real hard time calling the reverse of that coin MS66. It is a nice MS65, though.

LucyBop

That Reverse has some very clean fields and I dont see much in the way of hits anywhere, looks ms66 to these eyes.

michael

thanks for the great comments! do you think barber halves will ever be as popular as walkers or franklins? will barbers have thier day in the sun so to speak?

sincerely michael

greghansen

I think the fact that they share a common design with two other denominations hurts them a little bit so I don't think they will ever have the dedicated groupies that W.L. and Frankies have conjured up.

Trime

Michael,
I like the coin a lot. I also like the Barber design (although I do not collect many of them). She will definitely have her day.

FC57Coins

<< <i>I don't think they will ever have the dedicated groupies that W.L. and Frankies have conjured up. >>



Hey Lucille - look we're groupies!

On a different note, Michael - the biggest reason that I've stayed away from Barbers is simply that they tend to be prohibitively (for me) expensive. I don't mind forking out a couple of hundred here or there for an example of a coin, or once in a blue moon considerably more, but when you're looking to put a set together that's going to drain the finances like the Barber series does, well, I think I'd rather remain a groupie of the baldheaded non-prez

Frank