What are your thoughts on this Draped Bust Half?

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relicsncoins
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Picked this up a couple of weeks ago for my type set finally took a few cell phone photos of it. ANACS photo certificate from 1986

Need a Barber Half with ANACS photo certificate. If you have one for sale please PM me. Current Ebay auctions

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  • Typekat
    Typekat Posts: 729 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks like a an original VF (30?) to me.

    And it has a nice even strike on both sides.

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  • RLSnapper
    RLSnapper Posts: 582 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice circ.cameo look. Well done!

  • EASilver
    EASilver Posts: 54 ✭✭✭
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    Nice coin. Looks like an O-109. Maybe has a shot for VF35. What did ANACS grade it way back when?

  • MFeld
    MFeld Posts: 17,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No concerns about environmental damage?

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • Catbert
    Catbert Posts: 8,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Unless the photography is very inaccurate, it's too dark for my enjoyment.

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  • Typekat
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    @MFeld said:
    No concerns about environmental damage?

    It’s a fine line between dark toning and ED.
    Going by the picture, this coin sits right on that line.

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  • johnny010
    johnny010 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks great to me. Nice

  • VanHalen
    VanHalen Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Do you have current photos of the coin?

  • Cougar1978
    Cougar1978 Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice VF, would send in to our hosts.

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  • originalisbest
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    @Catbert said:
    Unless the photography is very inaccurate, it's too dark for my enjoyment.

    I think the original photo makes it look too dark for my liking, while the image of it next to the ANACS cert is much more attractive.

  • johnny9434
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    @relicsncoins said:
    Here is the cert. They graded it VF20/20 in the 80's. The coin was graded 39 years ago yesterday.

    Love the old slab

  • pursuitofliberty
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    I liked the coin when I first saw it posted yesterday. I thought it would be a 25 shot 30 coin, and I think the color and surfaces are probably very nice in hand even if the original image you posted seems a little dark.


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  • relicsncoins
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    @pursuitofliberty said:
    I liked the coin when I first saw it posted yesterday. I thought it would be a 25 shot 30 coin, and I think the color and surfaces are probably very nice in hand even if the original image you posted seems a little dark.

    Thanks, My photos are dark. The color is more similar to the shot with the certificate.

    Need a Barber Half with ANACS photo certificate. If you have one for sale please PM me. Current Ebay auctions
  • Flatwoods
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    I like it.

  • MFeld
    MFeld Posts: 17,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @relicsncoins said:

    @pursuitofliberty said:
    I liked the coin when I first saw it posted yesterday. I thought it would be a 25 shot 30 coin, and I think the color and surfaces are probably very nice in hand even if the original image you posted seems a little dark.

    Thanks, My photos are dark. The color is more similar to the shot with the certificate.

    Why didn’t you show the more similar looking photo at the outset?

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • relicsncoins
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    @MFeld said:

    @relicsncoins said:

    @pursuitofliberty said:
    I liked the coin when I first saw it posted yesterday. I thought it would be a 25 shot 30 coin, and I think the color and surfaces are probably very nice in hand even if the original image you posted seems a little dark.

    Thanks, My photos are dark. The color is more similar to the shot with the certificate.

    Why didn’t you show the more similar looking photo at the outset?

    Good question. That was the seller's photo. I tried capturing the look of the coin on my cell phone and failed.

    Need a Barber Half with ANACS photo certificate. If you have one for sale please PM me. Current Ebay auctions
  • asheland
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    @BillJones said:
    Sorry, but I am not a fan. I have owned these "two toned" early silver coins in the past, and have ended up selling them.

    Here's the type coin in my set. Some people won't like it because it's probably been dipped. If it was it was done right. I have owned this piece for over 50 years, and it has never gotten any more toning. The piece has a lot of luster. It's graded AU-58. I bought this in New York City at a Paramount Auction in the mid 1970s.

    Here are some more desirable looks for old circulated silver. "Medium grey" is one of the most desirable colors among seasoned collectors.

    The 1795 has the perfect look to me…

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  • hedgefundtradingdesk
    hedgefundtradingdesk Posts: 100 ✭✭✭
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    I gave it a VF-25 before seeing the old timey grade.

  • Crepidodera
    Crepidodera Posts: 457 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Like it!

  • originalisbest
    originalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭
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    Love the 1795 and 1797 examples you show here, Bill!

  • hummingbird_coins
    hummingbird_coins Posts: 1,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    VF25... just high enough to have complete contrast between devices and fields, but just low enough to get all the grime from circulation. I like it just the way it is.

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