5th Time's a Charm!
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Well....after it's 5th try my avatar finally received it's well warranted + designation. Even though I did not need this one +'d it was so much nicer than the + I bought I just had to keep trying. Compare it to the 92 that's in my set at the moment!
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Congrats - nice coin.
If you are happy, that is what matters. I admire your persistence in the pursuit of the "plus" designator...just not sure I have that type of indefatigability. Sure is pretty though!
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Let's guess the grade! Reverse looks 65 - 66; however, I should not embarrass myself with my grade for the obverse. What the heck...MS-63. So, MS-63/65 = Slabbed as MS-64+ Hopefully, I'm wrong as IMHO 63 is much better. Guess the + on the fifth try is for originality.
Anyone brave enough to give a guess?
Very nice!
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I'm guessing it's graded AU58+ and, if so, that is a heck of a lot of coin for the grade!
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Yes...It's a 58+, Can't believe it took 5 tries! PS that brown area on the cheek is virtually nonexistent in hand!
Wow, beautiful coin! Love the luster on this one!
Unless there is a lot of gray, rubbed, surface on the face (not seen in image except perhaps the chin), I'd send it to another service, coins this nice are generally graded MS-62 at the minimum.
LOL! You haven't tried to buy a 58+ Barber Half I see. A 62 would be worth less than 1/2 what a 58+ is in today's Market...Yeah I know it doesn't make sense but the Everyman sets created this!
In fact I do think the coin is MS and probably why it took 5 tries to get a +!
I'd like to also acknowledge that I am no numismatic Carnac the Magnificent with respect to grading this coin. I simply know that amwldcoin has an eye for AU58+ Barber half dollars and was using that to base my grade on the coin.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
No, I have not tried to buy a 58+ Barber Half that looks like an MS-63 and should be priced accordingly.
If I recall correctly, and I might not, there was an AU58+ 1909 Barber half dollar that sold at auction in the last year or two and went for over MS65 money. That niche of the market is going gangbusters right now, though who knows down the road.
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Tom...I wish that was the case! I have a couple dozen that IMHO should +! My experience with making +'s as long as you are sending in nice coins is just like putting your dollars in a 1 armed Bandit and pulling the lever! I was surprised I did make a + this time on the 1st try! My running average is close to 3 tries per +.
I can see scores of collectors out there briefly rubbing their 63 and 64's hoping to INCREASE the value of their coins. Ugghhh. Madness, all madness I say.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Very nice coin!
I frankly could care less what the slab says, the coin says all I need to know - it is lovely.
If I remember correctly this one took 4 tries:
Beautiful!
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That is one beautiful piece
I submitted this one for a plus grade once, was rejected, so I gave up:
_ decided I don't want to play the + game for BIG dollars.
That's a great looking coin.
Congrats on getting the plus.
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The harder you work the luckier you get. Why is it the TPGs have such a hard time with consistent grading? They talk about themselves as if they had it down to a science. The $20 1855 O I posted was in a 55 holder in the late 80s and the owner cracked it out for a re-grade. Came back a 53 but if you compare it to the 50 O that was posted with it the 55 O is a superior coin. The 50 O is graded a 55 . I am not going to pay the money for a possible upgrade on the 55 O as the coin is what it is and I do not plan on letting it go.
All of the above coins are very nice pieces and i appreciate you guys sharing them.
Those are beautiful coins... Bright and not tarnished, with luster. I do not understand the fascination with this grade, but then, I am not a grade chaser. I would gladly own either one of those two, even without the slab. Thanks for showing them.... now, today I will be going to a farmers market, this one is a bit out of the way. There is also an antique shop near there.... perhaps they will have a coin like those... sure, it will be overpriced, they always are when in antique shops... but if there is a good one, it will come home with me.
Cheers, RickO