Newp: Liberty Seated Half Dollar from the "Big Easy"

GeorgeKellogg · July 13, 2012 10:53AM

I love the tiny ANACS holders and the grading is usually very conservative.

hchcoin · July 13, 2012 11:31AM

Nice coin

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DaveG · July 13, 2012 11:56AM

Nice Coin,

I generally like coins in the tiny white ANACS holders, too.

(and the best part, for me, is that apparently many other collectors avoid them.)

michiganboy · July 13, 2012 12:03PM

I like it! I also agree the old small anacs white holders are usaully conservative.

agentjim007 · July 13, 2012 12:08PM

First time I heard small ANACS (except the early ANA/PNG slabs) were conservative.

Walkerguy21D · July 13, 2012 12:15PM

I have a number of large cents in these small white holders, and I'm confident most would easily cross today, and some
should upgrade. But I've likewise seen a fair number of coins in these holders that would downgrade or gennie.

GeorgeKellogg · July 13, 2012 12:37PM

<< <i>and the pedigree is? >>

I haven't a clue. I like southern issues, particularly dates close to the Civil War years. The toning and tiny ANACS holder caught my eye on this piece. Sometimes I get lucky "after the fact," regarding a coin's provenance.

DIMEMAN · July 13, 2012 1:46PM

I have had very good results crossing old anacs coins to PCGS. All have crossed at grade or higher.

Much much much better than ngc!

Very nice coin!

roadrunner · July 13, 2012 11:07PM

It's a decent example of an AU50 1860-0 half. But I wouldn't call it conservative as the grade is about on the money. A higher grade imo would be inappropriate just
based on the amount of wear. PCGS has often put similar coins into XF45 holders. Where ANACS shines is in their early holders with the gold foil hologram on the reverse.
Those coins are almost always conservatively graded by today's standards.

DoubleEagle59 · July 13, 2012 11:21PM

Very nice coin.

I would question the assumption of conservative grading.

There's a lot of flatness on the leg for an au50.

If I had to wager on the grade, I'd bet on an XF rather than an AU from PCGS.

410a · July 14, 2012 12:45AM

Very nice coin. I'd be proud to own it. The coin has a nice even tone and wear to it giving it great eye appeal. IMHO "Liberty Seated" the way it was meant to be. Regards, Mike

astrorat · July 14, 2012 12:51AM

JJ Teaparty offers nice collector coins.

I don't think yours is graded "very conservatively." I think it was "down-graded" due to an early cleaning and is now retoning. The cleaning was not so "market unacceptable" as to warrant a net grade, but essentially it was net-graded, IMO. The coin appears to have the wear pattern comparable to a 53 or 55.

Manorcourtman · July 14, 2012 2:34AM

Very nice. It's a 45 in my opinion as a couple others have mentioned also. What's not to Love about nice Seated circulated material!!

GeorgeKellogg · July 14, 2012 3:32AM

I wasn't referring to this coin in particular being "conservatively graded," it's just that I've purchased some very nice, solidly graded coins in the past in these small white ANACS holders. I've also had good luck with crossing ANACS to PCGS at grade. My point was that I'm not shy of buying coins in these holders, if I like the look of the coin.

I have the coin in hand now and it's much more lustrous than the photo would indicate. I've found that if the Teaparty photo looks good to your eye, you'll be pleased with the coin in hand.

GeorgeKellogg · July 15, 2012 6:36AM

Here's a couple of capped bust halves that I've purchased in the small white ANACS holders. Both of these were shot by Todd (BluCC). He does a great job of capturing the color and luster. I'll have him photograph my Newp when next we meet.

lasvegasteddy · July 15, 2012 6:40AM

sweet examples there in those precious lil small holders i adore too...

crypto79 · July 15, 2012 8:39AM

<< <i>JJ Teaparty offers nice collector coins.

I don't think yours is graded "very conservatively." I think it was "down-graded" due to an early cleaning and is now retoning. The cleaning was not so "market unacceptable" as to warrant a net grade, but essentially it was net-graded, IMO. The coin appears to have the wear pattern comparable to a 53 or 55. >>

I agree with your entire post

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