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New Barber Dime-Opinion Sought--Update with grade posted!

erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,287 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Currently in an ICG MS62 holder and has a nice rainbow colors around the rim. I can see hairlines under a loupe on the cheek, lower jaw and neck. I think they can be seen ok on the photo Im using. Do you think I should be worried that it has been cleaned or whizzed at some point or would they be typical for the grade? Will it cross? Will it get back in a holder if cracked out? I did the best I could on the photo. Thanks in advance for the opinions!

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  • zas107zas107 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭
    Some faint hairlines and/or slidemarks aren't uncommon on ms62 barber dimes. It has not been whizzed from what I can see in the photo. I would recommend just enjoying the coin as is! image As for crossing, or grading the same it's hard to say from the photo. (From your photo a 62 looks fine to me)
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Recommend you keep it as is..... do not think it would cross.... may even come back 'cleaned'..Cheers, RickO
  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,716 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I pretty much concur with what Zas said.
    Not whizzed, should slab Ok anywhere - but at what grade level, well that's always a coin toss (pun intended). At a minimum, AU58 - which is sometimes a great grade to get, with the prices some of those bring.
    Nice coin regardless of the holder/grade.

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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Would be much simpler just to buy an MS62 Barber in a PCGS holder.

    I think it would regrade to 61 or 62. But there is still the risk of a no grade. In the holder it's currently in, it gets graded raw by most any dealer (ie ignore the assigned grade).
    Most of them will drop it to 61 just "because."
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  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭
    The coin ( very attractive, BTW ) does NOT look cleaned or Whizzed.
    The hairlines seem evident on the cheek, and without an inhand inspection,
    I can't say if those are faint slide marks from an old Whitman Bookshelf Album.

    I feel that the coin(s) should be submitted raw. Even if they get downgraded to AU 58
    (which they won't because they are clearly MS) they are better off in a PCGS holder rather
    than another Third World holder.

    Good luck and I look forward to your "good news" ! image
    Mike Hayes
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks OK to me. I would crack it out and submit raw to PCGS. Like mike said even in a 58 PCGS holder it is a very nice coin.
  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭
    Hi,

    not a fan of the brown (re)tone, if thats what it is.

    Eric
  • mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    I would submit the coin to PCGS for crossover with a low grade accepted of AU 58. If PCGS will not cross it at even 58, at least you have the coin in a graded ICG holder.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,287 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Update...cracked out the dime and it is now in a PCGS MS63 holder!!
  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Update...cracked out the dime and it is now in a PCGS MS63 holder!! >>



    Not good news for the ICG haters. Very nice! And buying it for $133 was a good deal!
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,539 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Update...cracked out the dime and it is now in a PCGS MS63 holder!! >>

    Sweet congrats! I don't think it has ever been cleaned. The reverse is very nice. As for the obv, I would have cracked it out, set it on my bathroom window sill obv up for a couple of months and then submitted it. A few of the hairlines would have toned over. Congrats.
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  • PatchesPatches Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭
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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Update...cracked out the dime and it is now in a PCGS MS63 holder!! >>


    That works! image
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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice results. I have always ranked ICG ahead of ngc.
  • coin4salecoin4sale Posts: 375 ✭✭✭
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  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    Good deal - glad you got it into a 63 PCGS holder !

    Mike Hayes
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !

    New Barber Purchases
  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    congrats!

    good deal
    Frank

    BHNC #203

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