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How about a "Guess the Grade" on a 1906 Barber 25c ???

dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
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What say you? image Note: The luster is all there.

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    BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,128 ✭✭✭
    AU58
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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,456 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In order to GTG I would need larger images...but from what I can see I will say that I like it.
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    CalGoldCalGold Posts: 2,609 ✭✭
    Looks like it has full mint luster and clean surfaces. Maybe a print fragment in right obv field? Please post a blow up the size of a dinner plate so that we can down grade it for every tiny mark that requires 30x power to see.

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    LogPotatoLogPotato Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭✭
    If it ain't 58, my next guess would be 64.
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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    Here's a hint, it's MS
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    halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭


    << <i>If it ain't 58, my next guess would be 64. >>



    That was the first thought that hit me also. Soooo I'll go the other way . . . 64.

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    LucanusLucanus Posts: 424 ✭✭✭
    MS64

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,151 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The photo angle or lighting used makes the cheek look rubbed....but since the OP has said the luster is all there and
    it's MS, I'll go with 64....

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    SAM5969SAM5969 Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭
    I saw the coin .. I will keep quiet .. heh this is going to be interesting
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The photo angle or lighting used makes the cheek look rubbed....but since the OP has said the luster is all there and
    it's MS, I'll go with 64.... >>



    I definitely appreciate the comment, but I'm not seeing the rub on the cheek in the photo, and certainly not on the coin in-hand. Very interesting all of the differing opinions based on the image. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In that case, the "picture" sure better be spot on! Thanks to all who have responded so far. The coin is outstanding in-hand. image
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I saw the coin .. I will keep quiet .. heh this is going to be interesting >>



    Yes, please keep quiet. image
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    rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,619 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pics aren't good enough, but looks MS65 from here. Full luster in the fields, and I can't see any major marks.
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    LogPotatoLogPotato Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I saw the coin .. I will keep quiet .. heh this is going to be interesting >>



    With a little research, I see I wasn't far off.
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    morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll wager 64. Nice looking Barber image
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Pics aren't good enough, but looks MS65 from here. Full luster in the fields, and I can't see any major marks. >>



    I am looking at the coin with a 10x loop right now, and I'd like to say you are spot on, IMHO. BTW, Ron, you've never really missed the mark as far as I can recall. image
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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't know why everyone thinks this coin is AU. Looks MS64
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MS62

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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't know why everyone thinks this coin is AU. Looks MS64 >>



    I love controversy, and I cannot agree with you one smidgen more, Shamika! And you are by far one of the most respected and long time original members here on the forum that I can recall and respect here, since I joined 8+ years ago! imageimage
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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MS61


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    DavidLawrenceDavidLawrence Posts: 277 ✭✭
    MS64 then...MS65 now. Or MS64-gold CAC.
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    nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭


    << <i>In order to GTG I would need larger images...but from what I can see I will say that I like it. >>

    +1
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    BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,128 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't know why everyone thinks this coin is AU. Looks MS64 >>



    Small pics might explain. Since it isn't AU, my next guess would be MS63
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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AU 58
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    bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Early rattler holder conservatively graded at 64? Possible upgrade to 65? My recent 09-d in 64. Mid-grade 64 IMHO.
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    PatchesPatches Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭
    MS62
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    AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would grade this coin an A+

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    MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>In order to GTG I would need larger images...but from what I can see I will say that I like it. >>



    Images are too small to correctly grade that beautiful coin ... somehow it slipped under my radar !
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    ParkHunterParkHunter Posts: 131
    64?
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    jedmjedm Posts: 2,945 ✭✭✭✭✭
    65
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    BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,128 ✭✭✭
    When you said it was MS I assumed that was what the label said - not what the sticker suggests. image
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    I'm not going to divulge the coin yet but I will say this, there's always a lot of rhetoric about the saying, "buy the coin not the holder". I will say with scientific mathematical certainty that those six words were created for this coin, period. image
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    410a410a Posts: 1,325 ✭
    Buy the coin and not the holder ........GREAT ! It is AU 58 which is my first impression, even though you say it's mint state. OK. Then the coin is a 63.
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    roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Back in 1989 this looks like a 63/64 coin. Back then a single hairline on the cheek kept any Barber from MS65. Now, even MS67's can have a stray facial hairline.

    I'll go with 63 knowing that anything on this from 63-65 looks reasonable to me based on these tiny pics.
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    Ok folks, I apologize for calling it MS, BUT, I'm sorry it IS MS!!! and I grade it MS64 close to a MS65. My images are crude with flashes from my camera but this coin is all there! Strike, luster, and not a rub/scratch to speak of. Even has a cool die crack to the right of the "6". image

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    410a410a Posts: 1,325 ✭
    Nice coin! Yes, although that picture sure helps a lot when grading the coin. Too bad about the rattler being wrong and it is. Best of Luck
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ok folks, I apologize for calling it MS, BUT, I'm sorry it IS MS!!! and I grade it MS64 close to a MS65. My images are crude with flashes from my camera but this coin is all there! Strike, luster, and not a rub/scratch to speak of. Even has a cool die crack to the right of the "6". image

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    bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great pickup! Are you going to do well on the coin if it grades 64/65?
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Great pickup! Are you going to do well on the coin if it grades 64/65? >>



    Paid a lot for it, doesn't really matter to me for I'm not planning on parting with this one any time soon. For four solid reasons: 1.) It is at least a MS64, shot MS65, at least from where I sit. 2.) It has the coveted Gold CAC bean (which I've never owned a coin with a gold bean before). 3.) It's in an old rattler holder and I happen to absolutely LOVE old PCGS rattler holders. and, 4.) I've always been fond of "any" coin with the 1906 date, for I am a San Francisco 1906 earthquake historian and "so-called" history buff. :-) ---In any event, I haven't bought coins in a while and I've always loved the monster-toners, but there was something about this Barber that hooked me, fish-line-and sinker! image
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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭
    AU55?

    Nope!

    Nope!

    And nope!


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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    55?

    A post liquid lunch slab?
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    MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    Should you ever decide to sell it, I'd love a shot at it.
    Thanks.
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