Opinions on newps: Barber and Seated stuff for type set...

berylcoin · June 27, 2004 4:16AM

I recently added the Seated Dime, No Stars Half Dime, and Barber Quarter pictured below to my circulated type set. I'd appreciate any thoughts on each or all three.

1876 Seated Dime: the scan represents the color fairly accurately, but the toning appears a little lighter and more iridescent in person, and the coin retains a fair amount of luster.

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1837 No Stars Half Dime: a fair image that loses only a small amount of detail.

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1915 Barber Quarter: the white areas on the obverse are reflections from the remaining luster, and appear a similar color to the surrounding area in person.

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On a side note, both seated coins came from board member BigD5 (Darin) and were among the best long distance coin transactions I've had. From answering questions, to prices and shipping, everything was excellent.

BC

FrattLaw · June 27, 2004 4:42AM

I like all three. They appear to be no problem coins with average wear. The Barber quarter I think is the nicest of the three and are hard to find in that grade. When I was looking for one for my Dansco Type set I could only find VG-F and AU-MS. The number of XF-AU coins are limited. The one that you have seems to be a highend XF.

The reverse of the seated dime seems to have a flat strike or more wear that the obverse. I like the toning and have one with similar colors in my Type Set as well.

Darin --- great guy to do business with!!!! I've bought from him before and will buy from him again.

Michael

Barry · June 27, 2004 5:15AM

The dime I'd grade XF. Personally, I don't like the toning, especially the reverse, but that's me. It's a bit dark for my tastes, but that may just be the pic, as you say. The half dime I'd grade VG-10 and is a decent looking coin.

291fifth · June 27, 2004 5:20AM

I suspect the 1876 dime was cleaned long ago and has now retoned. The other two look like nice original coins.

berylcoin · June 28, 2004 6:11AM

Any thoughts from the weekday crowd?

Dave99B · June 28, 2004 7:14AM

Great coins, but I REALLY REALLY REALLY love the 1837 Half Dime. You have a good eye.

Dave

berylcoin · June 29, 2004 1:41PM

I just spent the better part of an hour writing a longwinded post detailing my thoughts on these three coins--then accidentally deleted it.

Here is the Readers Digest version:

In person, the toning on the dime is lighter, "thinner", and quite pretty IMHO. Although the open areas of the fields have some abrasion and marks from circulation the coin remains relatively flashy. That luster, combined with a lack of visible (to me) hairlines indicates to me that any past cleaning was very light.

I like the overall look of the No Stars Half Dime well enough to purchase it despite it being graded much lower than the bulk of my set. The halo effect around the head and shoulders is a look I'm unfamiliar with, but the coin has smooth, even surfaces completely free from hairlines and unsightly nicks or scratches.

As for the Barber, despite having a good deal of crustiness and luster in the protected areas--probably a little more than I would expect on most choice XF coins--the details look only XF 40 to me. I assume it was weakly struck at the hair and wingtips, but I don't know the series that well. Fortunately, I can live with slightly weak detail on a coin with the apparently original surfaces and color of this quarter.

Overall, I'm quite happy with all three, and if I decide to upgrade the No Stars Half Dime my brother could use it in his lower grade typeset.

Thanks for the feedback.

Now I'm going to go beat myself to death with a keyboard.

BC