opinion on these two coins. 1889 and 1890 P Half Eagles. Low mintage.

fc

the pics are not so hot, so please give me your opinion on the obverse.

coin1


coin2


the reverses have a very similair "look" as the obverse.
comments please. thanks.

here are the other pics sent to me.
http://boston.g4.net/coins/coins/
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michael

opinion on these two coins.

1889 and 1890 P Half Eagles.

MikeInFL

FC, I'm sorry. Although I like the dates, I don't like either one. The second seems quite a bit better than the first, but they both seem a bit chattered for my taste. How do you like them?...Mike

Dabigkahuna

Well,

I wouldn't hang my hopes on an upgrade, at least from the pics.




Larry
Dabigkahuna

PerryHall

I'll bet they look a lot better in hand. The harsh lighting used in the pics don't do these coins any favors.

291fifth

The photos are of too poor a quality to give an opinion.

LanLord

They look like they were sweated.

fc

thank you everyone for the opinions or lack of one due to the pics.

i have looked at a lot of half eagles, good and bad pics, and these
look like they have the chatter of XF45 coins.

the luster prob saved them and a lack of wear in key places.

i like the 1889 better than the 1890.

the 1890 has almost half the mintage of the 1889 though.

I will have to go online and look at other examples of these dates.
Heritage is prob the best place. I will compare what others bought
to these coins.

Honestly, i do not like the look of them. I will offer him 1000 for both.
600 dollars can buy a lot of coin. I would rather save and get a much
rarer example from the 1860s and 1870s minted in san fran. Or maybe an older key date P from the same eras.

If either of those pics caught my eye, I would have already bought the coin. Those pics are telling me to wait, do more research, and be patient.

perry: you are right, his pics suck ;-)

Longacre

If the picture is true to life, I don't care for them.