New Photographs of my growing Barber Half set posted, many thanks to P8nt for his fantastic work

PonyExpress8

I am so happy to announce that I now have pictures up for my Barber Half set on the registry. Not only is the project I have been wanting to get done now accomplished, but Ben, aka P8nt, was the photographer and did a stunning job on the photographs. I cannot truly express what an excellent job I felt he did but want to encourage all of you to take a look. Link to Barber Half Photographs

There are a few excellent photographers on this forum, but after working with Ben on this project I have to tell you I place his work right up there with the best and if any of you are considering having your coins photographed you have my unequivicol recommendation for Ben to do the job. Thank you so much Ben for everything.



I hope everyone enjoys viewing them.

Glenn

DorkGirl

Beautiful!!

STONE

Well, these are certainly some nice coins.

Quite an accomplishment to get over half way w/ an uncirculated set of Barber Halves.

ARCO

Set is looking awesome. Quite an accomplishment considering you already have the 96-O, 97-O and 01-S in MS. The 96-O and 01-S along with the 04-S are the three killers in MS. But then again, finding a nicely struck 1900-0, 01-O, 02-O and the key date 1904-S are still challenges that won't come easy...or too cheap.

Congrats,
Tyler

InYHWHWeTrust

Glenn,

Thanks for taking the time / making the effort to have your lovely coins imaged!

The 1912 with album toning is my favorite, followed by the 97o, 03o and the 14s. I think your 09s has the 'upside down S syndrome' . They are all quite amazing coins.

Best success in your continued hunt,

Don

AZLARRY

You have a very nice looking set going there, the pic's are excellent. Ben does very good work for one so young

Barberman55

Glenn,

That's one beautiful set you're working on. All the coins have beautiful toning, but I have to say I'm partial to the 97-O. Best of luck building the rest of the set.

Bear

Lovely set. Some real WOWSER toners there.

Thank you for shairing them with us. I really enjoyed

the coin pictures.

ddbird

Awesome set...sorry for the double post with the comments...my bad.

Anyway, the set looks simply amazing.

Leiana

Nice Barbers and great photography work by Ben!

-Amanda

PonyExpress8

Thank you all for your kind comments and I am glad you have enjoyed the pictures.

Don, the 1912 is a coin that really has grown on me over time as well. It makes me think of a look I would guess from an old museum piece that has been in a case for decades. Without referring to my notes I believe this one was a successful crossover from NGC to PCGS.

Dan, interesting story on the 97-O. I had the opportunity to look at a PCGS 64 and the 63 I chose for the set at that same time. Harry had both at the time in Long Beach last spring and while the 64 was a nice coin I really liked the look of the 63 better. It took most of the day to decide on the 63 over the 64 and the $ was not a factor at that particular show. Once since then I have selected a 63 over a 64 in this set and that is the first coin that happened with. I am a sucker for nice peripheral old album toning as I guess anyone can tell with some of the choices I have made. But that coin is an example of buying the coin and not the holder, although there would have been no shame in owning the 64 either as it was a solid coin as well.

Tyler, you are sure right about those 00 - 02 "O" mints and the 04-S. And not too far away are the 1913 - 1915 P mints and a couple of others. With those toughies I am sure things will slow way down going forward as I continue to work on the set.

Becky, Winston, Larry, Bear, Daniel and Amanda I am glad each of you enjoyed the photos as well and for your kind words. And once again thanks to Ben for making the sharing of these possible. I have watched Ben for about a year now continue to grow in his photography skills through hard work and study. Of course I have to also thank those that made the coins available to me and in my comments under the individual coins I try to acknowledge each seller as well.

Isn't this forum great for the sharing and opportunity to see so many coins through photos and to hear each other's stories?

I like it here.



Glenn

MikeKing

That is a very very pretty set. Congratulations on the accomplishment.

etexmike

Great looking set of Barbers and great pics of the coins.

Congratulations on the set and a job well done.

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etexmike

Dave99B

Pardon my French, but HOLY S_H_I_T !

Dave

bidask

WOW WOW....great pics too!

NumisOxide

WoW!


BTW, Ben sure does take some nice pics.

mrearlygold

Wow, it's great to see such focus ! Great set you have going there!

MFH

Glenn,

Excellent images. Thanks for taking the time and effort on having them done.

I have to agree with you (and others) about the 97-O. Great eye appeal !!

The 06-D in MS 61 ??? Looks a whole lot nicer than that !!!

The 1911-S ... my - my - my...what a tough date in MS 65 !!!

The one* and only AU 58 in your set - the 08-D { ? } is also a great looking coin. Wouldn't mind having that one myself !! There must be the faintest of rub on the cheek, otherwise I thought it was at least a 63.

The other "one" not in MS is a 1902-P AU 55, a grade which surprised me after viewing this coin. I really have a problem grading alot of heavily toned near MS coins, and this one certainly looks MS 63.

You've put together one heck of a set there.

MFH

If any set deserves a second look, this is it.

Nice job.

PonyExpress8

Thanks Mike for the kind words.

I have hard time seeing any rub on the 08-D as well. But if PCGS grades it a 58 it must be, right????

Glenn

eyoung429

Simply magnificient!!!! Thank you and Ben for sharing with us!!!!

mcheath

i love the 08 if its a 58 its worth 62+ money for the eye appeal. nice set



edited to add: excellent photos ben!

rhedden

I don't know how anyone can look at those coins without feeling inspired to collect Barber Halves. The 1897-O is jaw-dropping for its assigned grade. Great set.

FinallyHere

McHeath Said:
i love the 08 if its a 58 its worth 62+ money

The '08 is graded MS65. I think he meant 08-D, which is a very nice looking 58.

Nevertheless, a wonderful accomplishment and there are indeed some great looking coins here. Well done Glenn!!

Edit: I hit enter before I should have...I hate that!

p8nt

Glenn, you already know how I feel about the set

Thanks again for letting me photograph them.