A RussView™ toned 1897 Barber Quarter.

Russ · March 5, 2006 8:36AM

Feel free to assign a grade if you'd like.

Russ, NCNE

gamr0n · March 5, 2006 8:37AM

What do you use to photograph your coins? All of your pictures are spectacular, especialy the proofs.

Russ · March 5, 2006 8:39AM

<< What do you use to photograph your coins? >>

Nikon Coolpix 950.

Russ, NCNE

291fifth · March 5, 2006 8:39AM

MS64. I'd like to say 65 but the marks on the forehead and cheek preclude doing so.

tradedollarnut · March 5, 2006 8:44AM

Nice pic - AU58.

Fairlaneman · March 5, 2006 8:49AM

Again a nice picture but the coin is ugly.

Ken

Steve27 · March 5, 2006 8:49AM

Nice coin, are you doing a 7070?

Russ · March 5, 2006 8:52AM

<< Again a nice picture but the coin is ugly. >>

It's one of the few Barbers I've ever seen that I actually like. Certainly a lot better than all the dipped out white crap floating around out there.

Russ, NCNE

eagle7 · March 5, 2006 9:01AM

The coin is not ugly. I love it. As for Russ and his camera work, all I can say is "Awsome". Keep up the good work Russ and keep the photos coming.

Fairlaneman · March 5, 2006 9:02AM

<< 

<< Again a nice picture but the coin is ugly. >>

It's one of the few Barbers I've ever seen that I actually like. Certainly a lot better than all the dipped out white crap floating around out there.

Russ, NCNE >>

Agreed. Its much better than dipped crap. Nice coin if it was a different color.

Ken

JRH · March 5, 2006 9:06AM

Your best image to date.

darktone · March 5, 2006 9:06AM

I agree Au58. Nice coin and excellent picture!. kind of looks like a second toning.

Coinhusker1 · March 5, 2006 9:08AM

AU-58 -- Nice coin and picture.

tradedollarnut · March 5, 2006 9:08AM

kind of looks like a second toning.

Yes, the area around the cap that's light grey with no apparent luster makes me think that as well.

Barberman55 · March 5, 2006 9:21AM

Agree AU-58, looks like a little rub on the high points. I like the toning, but the toning line looks a little odd at the base of the cap.

Casey · March 5, 2006 9:44AM

Love it! Feel free to sell it to me if you'd like.

MFH · March 5, 2006 10:56PM

The coin is a bit too clean (free of ticks, etc) to be an AU 58. I'd call it a MS 62.

( Here we go again, the nuances between an AU 58 and a MS 62 coin ).

Russ, your images have convinced me that the Nikon Coolpix 950 is the way to go; as everyone before me has said, your images are terrific.

IrishMike · March 5, 2006 11:12PM

Great photo and if not AU, 63.

bushmaster8 · March 6, 2006 12:53AM

58 or 64

Russ · March 6, 2006 1:07AM

This one was cracked out of an ANACS MS62 holder.

Russ, NCNE

RYK · March 6, 2006 1:10AM

This one was cracked out of an ANACS MS62 holder.

And from what holder was the 1904 $20 cracked?

topstuf · March 6, 2006 1:11AM

<< the area around the cap that's light grey with no apparent luster >>

That could be the "Accented Cap" variety.

Russ · March 6, 2006 1:14AM

<< And from what holder was the 1904 $20 cracked? >>

That one hasn't yet seen the inside of plastic.

Russ, NCNE

topstuf · March 6, 2006 1:14AM

<< This one was cracked out of an ANACS MS62 holder. >>

Isn't it amazing how what "would have been" a cherished and admired STAR of a type set can be a "get it OUT of there" if it happens to get a 62 printed on a piece of paper?

morgannut2 · March 6, 2006 1:19AM

Nice photo--Looks to have been perhaps in one of those brown paper 2 X 2 holders of the 1950's and to have picked up some cabnet friction (not circulation) prior to that. Although for the time being PCGS might call it "questionable color", I agree with the MS-62 using todays standards (or last years actually). Good coin.

MFH · March 7, 2006 12:18AM

<< The coin is a bit too clean (free of ticks, etc) to be an AU 58. I'd call it a MS 62.

( Here we go again, the nuances between an AU 58 and a MS 62 coin ).

Russ, your images have convinced me that the Nikon Coolpix 950 is the way to go; as everyone before me has said, your images are terrific. >>

I thought as much. Images don't truly convey the true grade of a coin most of the time. I can see where alot of us thought it was an AU 58; there were no "tell tale" signs of actual use on this coin.

I'm sort of surprised noone brought up the old AT / NT discussion as well.

Nice coin, Russ. ( Also glad to see you are not just fixated with AH Kennedys )

AuldFartte · March 7, 2006 12:24AM

<< It's one of the few Barbers I've ever seen that I actually like. Certainly a lot better than all the dipped out white crap floating around out there. >>

That's gorgeous!!!

mirabela · March 7, 2006 12:26AM

It's a great picture. The coin is beautifully struck. Nice!

nankraut · March 7, 2006 12:51AM

Russ:

That mark below the eye looks like a tear. Wish Barber had designed it that way. Beautiful photo of a nice coin. Thanks for sharing.

Russ · April 27, 2006 11:15AM

Thought I'd bump this thread since the grade is in from PCGS. They graded it MS61.

Russ, NCNE

TheRaven · April 27, 2006 11:42AM

That picture is really sweet.....

I wonder why it is an MS-61

mgoodm3 · April 27, 2006 11:46AM

Nice barber.

Russ · April 27, 2006 11:47AM

<< I wonder why it is an MS-61 >>

It has better surface preservation than MS61, so my hunch is that PCGS may have been a bit skittish about the color.

Russ, NCNE

coinlieutenant · April 27, 2006 11:52AM

Oooh... I like that one.

DickyBetz · April 27, 2006 12:25PM

MS62

MrSpud · April 28, 2006 7:36AM

Nice coin and pictures. I went ahead and upgraded my Ricoh to a Coolpix 950 too. Pretty much whatever camera Russ has is what I want because he has a tendency to be able to find the highest quality low price cameras available.

ms70 · April 28, 2006 7:44AM

Who cares about the grade! That's one nice coin!!!

Russ · April 28, 2006 7:54AM

<< Pretty much whatever camera Russ has is what I want because he has a tendency to be able to find the highest quality low price cameras available. >>

Thanks. That's a very nice way of saying I'm a cheapass.

Russ, NCNE

CalGold · April 28, 2006 8:31AM

The 61 may mean that they see it as dipped out, lack luster, and retoned with color they don't like.

Edited to add: Unless of course you submitted it as a cross over in the ANACS 62 holder. In that case the grading process may have gone like this:

Grader 1: Hey Joe, ANACS grades Barber quarters hgher than we do don't they?

Grader 2: Yeah. They're a point higher.

Grader 1: Thanks. MS61.

CG

dizzyfoxx · April 28, 2006 8:48AM

Russ, your imaging skills are acceptable.

BlindedByEgo · April 28, 2006 8:54AM

A pretty coin... based on your post the other day, I was going to guess MS62... I'm glad that I was correct.

coinkat · April 28, 2006 10:40AM

the typical great photo... I like the coin too. I think 62 is reasonable and 61 is harsh. I tend to think they may have been too harsh not because of color, but possible light rub on the highest points of the design.

A RussView™ toned 1897 Barber Quarter.

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