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Is this a Proof or a Business Strike?
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I know either way it's been cleaned.
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Possibly an impaired Proof. Without being able to magnify the image to look for diagnostics - good luck. Perhaps you can go on to the Heritage site, magnify their images and compare the microscopic details with your piece.
The flatness of the ear bothers me yet the strike of the stars makes me think "what if?".
The amount of detail leads me to think Proof.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Looks like a Proof.
-Paul
That's way too much work. (I'm having a moment of pure honesty here...) Simply too lazy. I'd rather just ask here and except the answers given.
Looks more like a proof with the detail and strike. Also looks like a bit of a wire edge at 11-12 o'clock on the obverse
The location of the "1" in the date 1900, centered directly above the dentil tells me this is a proof
Impossible to judge for me from the pictures. But I don't like the rim weakness on the lower reverse side.
You got me to looking! There seems to be quite a few variations in the date positions. I found this one before I finished looking at the ones I have pictures of https://ebay.com/itm/293323450080
I'm starting to question whether that coin is genuine...soaked in acid?
I don't like the denticles all around- they seem to be of varying consistency-should be hammered on a proof.
Cannot see contrast is it possible to be UNC version? proof data vs circulated Why all flat
None proof info
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I'm going to call it! Can't believe I didn't have an immediate impression but I have jet lag from the 11 hour drive Back from Baltimore.
It's Fake! Look how Liberty's bonnet ghosts into the fields. Unless that coin has been soaked in acid for awhile it's not genuine IMHO!
The obverse looked good, but the rims on the reverse are weak, along with the denticles.
Cleaned with impaired surfaces.
Proof if it's real, but I too question its authenticity. The color and surfaces are concerning.
My first guy thought was fake, based on nothing but a feeling and experience.
I could well be wrong.
Interesting.
So there are no known business strike 1900 Barber halves with this date position?
I didn't know the date positions on Barber halves had been studied to this level of detail.
Is the date on just a small number of working hubs that produced all the obverse dies?
I've only seen proofs with the dentil perfectly centered below the "1", I've not seen a perfectly centered "1" on a business strike.........:
Here's a business strike:
Here's a proof:
I am going with business strike -
obverse-> star details and area around ear
reverse-> arrowhead details
PR62 from coinfacts
PR-68 DCAM
There are also some proofs which do not have the dentil perfectly centered below the "1",
but this does not refute your assertion that the "1 centered above a dentil" date position is proof-only.
(To refute your assertion, I would have to find a 1900 business strike with "1 centered above a dentil".)
Have a look at the 1 in the link I provided.
Yes, it does look pretty well centered over the dentil.