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New Bust Half - GTG - Grade posted and more pictures

pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited January 9, 2021 11:12AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I've picked up a couple more Bust Halves from discussions and transactions over the last of the Holidays, for which I will share here over time.

A couple of them would be known to members here, but I don't think this one is. This one came in today, and since I am not up for photographing tonight, and since it has one, let's use the TrueView

Comments appreciated, as always!


“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

Todd - BHNC #242

Comments

  • scotty4449scotty4449 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice one! I would guess AU58.

  • drddmdrddm Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Another nice bust half Todd.
    Looks 53-55 to me.

    Congrats on picking it up!

    Dave

  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,603 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU55, and attractive.

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  • mtnmanmtnman Posts: 572 ✭✭✭

    A beauty. I’m guessing 53.

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,707 ✭✭✭✭✭

    55-58. Nice looking coin.

  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The coin appears mid-AU, but sorry to say I find the spots and fingerprints distracting.

    My Roosevelt Dime Registry Set
  • Eldorado9Eldorado9 Posts: 2,483 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a 55

  • kazkaz Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58?

  • FHCFHC Posts: 323 ✭✭✭

    AU58

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a 55-58 from the TruView..... Nice coin... Cheers, RickO

  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 4,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU58

  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,539 ✭✭✭✭✭

    55

    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't care for those images. Let's see yours. AU55, I suppose.
    Lance.

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58

  • BGERRISHBGERRISH Posts: 74 ✭✭✭

    MS60

  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,463 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Really looks 58, just a really nice looking pc.

  • JBNJBN Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks unc to me. 62.

  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a solid 55
    Nice coin.

    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • RollermanRollerman Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm in the minority, but I think it would go low unc. MS62 or 63.

    "Ain't None of Them play like him (Bix Beiderbecke) Yet."
    Louis Armstrong
  • logger7logger7 Posts: 8,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 9, 2021 9:15AM

    Slider Unc. IMO, 58/62. I have seen coins like that in 63 holders.

    Edited to add: the wear is obvious in the subsequent images, so AU55 is right. I need to look closer on the gtg.

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    55

  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭

    62

  • bfjohnsonbfjohnson Posts: 541 ✭✭✭

    Guess AU 58. Good looking coin.

    BarberSet
  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,210 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you for all the comments! It is in a 55 holder, and that seems right.

    But I am not a fan of the TV. It makes the coin look to "red" than to what my eye sees. @lkeigwin wanted to see my photo's ... well, they are kind of off a different way, as they make the coin look a little too "chalky" and the don't bring out the vibrancy of the blues scattere3d amongst the devices.

    But here they are for comparison



    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • RollermanRollerman Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What a difference a photo can make! With this last photo, I'd change my opinion from low UNC to mid AU. I'm not able to enlarge images or I might have thought differently at first. The differences I've seen in photographs is a big reason I'm reluctant to buy coins based on images.

    "Ain't None of Them play like him (Bix Beiderbecke) Yet."
    Louis Armstrong
  • Pnies20Pnies20 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pursuitofliberty said:
    Thank you for all the comments! It is in a 55 holder, and that seems right.

    But I am not a fan of the TV. It makes the coin look to "red" than to what my eye sees. @lkeigwin wanted to see my photo's ... well, they are kind of off a different way, as they make the coin look a little too "chalky" and the don't bring out the vibrancy of the blues scattere3d amongst the devices.

    But here they are for comparison


    I like these pics better than the trueview. Very nice lustrous cameo look.

    BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,210 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Rollerman said:
    What a difference a photo can make! With this last photo, I'd change my opinion from low UNC to mid AU. I'm not able to enlarge images or I might have thought differently at first. The differences I've seen in photographs is a big reason I'm reluctant to buy coins based on images.

    I agree, pictures can make a huge difference and make buying from images is a challenge at best.

    @Pnies20 said:
    I like these pics better than the trueview. Very nice lustrous cameo look.

    I think those are better as well. I was tweaking around with my lights this morning trying to incorporate something I saw recently, and although not much different, here's one more for comparison, which might be the most realistic ... ???



    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242

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