New Seated Half (NM) for the type set.

coinlieutenant

Picked this up the other day. Still practicing my photo skills and cant quite get the pics as sharp as Goodman or Printz or Truviews....

I love the large S on this variety of half. Just thought I would share some pics.

Feel free to guess the grade....and no peeking...

John

mirabela

Perfect XF45.

I'm surprised, I thought you had some kind of uber-rarified impossible set going. That's just a plain old really nice collector coin.

COALPORTER

I think it's cool too.
Wasn't the large S normal for San Francisco at the time ?
Can you show a small mint mark variety ?

coinlieutenant

Mirabela,

I will take that as a compliment...I think. I love original eye appealing collector coins as well and will buy them if they present themselves. In fact, I kind of prefer them as I can usually buy many more and I get the same enjoyment out of them as I do high grade coins. What I try to do for the series with multiple types (seated, bust, slq's, trimes) is buy one high grade piece and then enjoy surrounding it with mid grade original eye appealing better dates that have the look I am after. It really makes for fun collecting as they are all very hard to find, but I can still add a coin and not break the bank when a nice circ subtype comes along!! Plus, if it is a duplicate, or a series I LOVE, I will just buy more and add them to the collection and not feel guilty about it.

I know it seems a bit complicated and convoluted, but it took me a while to figure out how my collecting brain works...and this works for me. Some people have problems mixing MS and proof, circ and uncirc. I like the variety. I used to collect series, but that got kind of boring for me. But when I started collecting type, it would bum me out that I could only have one of my favorite designs and then have to collect other types I hated. So I just threw out the ones I didnt like type wise and made my own rules! Very liberating I might add...

Coal, I dont have a pic of the WB-102, it is a bit rarer, but not that bad actually....

John

mirabela

Your strategy makes very good sense to me.

Raybo

Perfect!

Ray

Cladiator

Crustalicious! That's my kind of coin John, nice pickup.

DoubleEagle59

xf45,

maybe, just maybe an au50??

coindeuce

Now that's what I call a Wild West coin! John

MikeInFL

Very nice John! I'd guess 40 or 45.

rec78

AU50

Halfhunter06

i was thinking ef 40, that al ittle too low?

mirabela

Well, so, are you going to reveal the grade on the holder in which this nice coin lives?

FatMan

Sweet 40

pursuitofliberty

Nice looking coin Lt

Good color, nice surfaces, and what looks like a bit of luster left ...

the obverse wear looks 40ish, but based on all attributes, I'd say 45 may be more appropriate

coinlieutenant

Sorry for the delay....lots of turkey. Coin is a PCGS 45. Given the large amounts of luster remaining I agree with the grade but a 40 wouldn't be out of place.

Casey

I really like it.

TomB

It's a beautiful coin. I'm not certain who to feel sorry for, but it appears we have very similar collecting patterns.

lcoopie

Where do you go for those kind of pickups?
I must frequent that location.

tightbudget

45

coinkat

45 appears to be the most probably grade and I would say PQ for the grade. I like the coin and the collecting strategy reads well. Good luck in preserving original examples and for the record, know that you are not alone in that effort

MirroredBucks

If this is XF-45, it's PQ. I'm alone, but I vote for AU-50.

BTW, I'll buy all XF-40s you have that look like this coin. Stack 'em up...