Grading skills check for this Barber quarter - grade posted

pnylvr

Please grade this barber quarter. Got the coin back from PCGS and will reveal shorlty.

Steve27

VF30

cmerlo1

Provided it's not BB, I say EF-45

robkool

AU 50... May get BB for some old cleaning.

AnkurJ

AU 50

pnylvr

thanks for the responses. eel I got cheated a little on this one. My thinking was EF-40.

But came back at VF-35.

GoldenEyeNumismatics

No, you didn't get cheated, it's a solid VF35. Too much wear for a 40

MoneyCollector

A 40 at a minimum needs to have the top feather on the wings delineated, which this doesn't. Nice looking and a nice year!

gecko109

<< <i>thanks for the responses. eel I got cheated a little on this one. My thinking was EF-40.

But came back at VF-35. >>




Looking at the obverse hairlines, be happy it came back slabbed at all!!!

gecko109

<< <i>A 40 at a minimum needs to have the top feather on the wings delineated, which this doesn't. Nice looking and a nice year! >>




Is a complete band required also for 40?

Mowgli

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<< <i>A 40 at a minimum needs to have the top feather on the wings delineated, which this doesn't. Nice looking and a nice year! >>




Is a complete band required also for 40? >>



Top feather delineation and a complete band are both required for an XF40. I looked at dozens of slabbed VF35s and this looks better than some but is still a 35; a nice 35.

pnylvr

Thanks for your input. As always, this is one of the greatest forums. I would have likely not submitted this coin if not for some of you saying that the hairlines did not look harsh enough for a bodybag. Thanks again.

Broadstruck

Here's a OGH VF-35 Barber... love the reverse on yours

dogwood

I'm seeing alot of Barber Halves get xf40's without a complete band in pcgs holders. Strike softness is an issue in the forhead area on some earlier "S" mint coins and often times you will have a full wing seperation reverse without a full lower band obverse. It seems that when you reach the level of both complete details, there becomes enough luster and overall look to justify a 45. Quarters are a little different. Wingtips seem to always be softer struck and wear very quickly, especially "O" and some "P" mint issues, so you can have an xf quality band but loose it on the reverse.
I'd like your chances of getting a 40 on that if the obverse hairlines weren't evident. You may have just gotten "netted".

Edited to say: Nah, I just looked again. Not a 40.