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A Body-bagged Barber that I will continue to love
dogwood
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My photos aren't the best but the coin is actually quite attractive. SO....as an educational exercise if anyone would like to share pix of similar almost-rans, especially Barbers, I think it would be interesting to have as a reference. Note that I feel any of the cleaning that may have been done is exeedingly minor and in fact may just be the result of incidental contact in the coins life, despite knowing what surface conditions actually constitute "original". This was one coin in my first ever submission to PCGS and four of eight were successful, exactly as I had anticipated. I will still continue to selectively purchase coins with old skin that I like whether or not I think they will slab, as long as they're not covered with obvious hairlines, and I'm wondering if anyone feels the same way, that a BB is not the end of a raw coin's favored place in a well constructed collection?
I hope these jpegs attached correctly.
I hope these jpegs attached correctly.
We're all born MS70. I'm about a Fine 15 right now.
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Pics are a little too small to tell for sure, but looks like a very attractive coin.
May your stay here be both entertaining & rewarding.
Also, nice looking Barber! I'd keep it.
JR.
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the previous owner submitted it to PCGS and they Body-Bagged it. It rests comfortably
in the Dansco album near another Body Bagged coin - an 1894-S - which is an AU 58 -
but was described as Questionable Color. [ Sorry, no images of the 94-S ].
Both coins [ combined ] cost me a whopping $86.50.
These purchases were in 2006, in case you think this happened many years ago.
What amazes me is that noone else blind-sighted me on these coins.
Here's the 1896-O:
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<< <i>I have this 1896-O in an ANACS AU 55 Details - Cleaned which looks really nice...IMHO;
the previous owner submitted it to PCGS and they Body-Bagged it. It rests comfortably
in the Dansco album near another Body Bagged coin - an 1894-S - which is an AU 58 -
but was described as Questionable Color. [ Sorry, no images of the 94-S ].
Both coins [ combined ] cost me a whopping $86.50.
These purchases were in 2006, in case you think this happened many years ago.
What amazes me is that noone else blind-sighted me on these coins.
O.K. So you're saying that body bagged AU's ARE WORTH VG MONEY. I'll just slither away now....
IMO it is a nice coin.
SD
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Hi, dogwood!!
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