I don't know if it's the pic or what. What jdimmick said....cleaned, them thumbed or AT'd in some form or another. The deep blue around the stars is what's left of the original toning.
You know, I've been looking at this coin and comparing it to ANA and Photograde, and I see nothing in terms of detail to justify a grade above VF-20. So I'm sticking with that.
It's a nice circulated coin with good eye appeal. Barber haves in this grade are really scarce. Most of the time they are either Good-4 or MS-60 something. Coins in Fine to EF and few and far between.
And come on guys! It's a nice coin, but calling it EF-40 or 45 is a prime example of "grade-flation." Let's try to avoid that trap, OK?
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Tom
<< <i>XF-40... great coin! >>
You're very generous Jeremy
<< <i>Umm EF45 (This is a total guess,I couldn't grade a pre-schoolers finger painting) >>
Thanks gold..
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Chris
Jim
I don't know if it's the pic or what.
What jdimmick said....cleaned, them thumbed or AT'd in some form or another.
The deep blue around the stars is what's left of the original toning.
VF35/XF40.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Then again, after a second look, I'll go VF35.
Dave
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Nice coin!
I always grade low on circulated coins. I'm a lot better at grading MS.
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Tyler
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It's a nice circulated coin with good eye appeal. Barber haves in this grade are really scarce. Most of the time they are either Good-4 or MS-60 something. Coins in Fine to EF and few and far between.
And come on guys! It's a nice coin, but calling it EF-40 or 45 is a prime example of "grade-flation." Let's try to avoid that trap, OK?
vf-25 overall.
K S
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