Bust Half Dollar Collection; Overall VF-25

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  1. Bonedigger

    Bonedigger New Member

    Team,

    Almost forgot how forgetful of me. :) Recently, I'd taken my Bust Half Dollar Collection to the dealer I trade with, and he plus a couple of the local club member's examined it (109 total coins with 102 different varieties) for overall grade. It only took a couple of days for four members to grade each raw coin in hand. Most of my coins are raw and needed to be field graded, they will remain in this ungraded condition for the rest of my days anyway.

    Here are the overall grades assigned by the guys who looked at them. The average comes to VF-28, but I averaged it down to VF-25 for the whole lot.

    Fred - VF-30
    Mark - VF-30
    Sy - Vf-25
    Clayton - VF-30

    http://www.coincommunity.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=157

    Take Care
    Ben
     
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  3. Daggarjon

    Daggarjon Supporter**

    very nice Ben. that is a nice overall grade i would say. Alot of very beautiful coins :)
     
  4. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Ben:
    Well, you are now at the point of asking for admission the Bust Half Nut Club.
    requirements are #100 pieces (minimum) of Overtons.
    Good luck.
    Apparently, I read somewhere, a member has to examine your set and approve admission.
    :thumb:
    I am only at about #85 pieces, and going slowly.
    (about, because I think that I logged one or two pieces twice.)
     
  5. Daggarjon

    Daggarjon Supporter**

    THATS RIGHT... ARE YOU GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS BEN ?

    sorry caps lock.
     
  6. bqcoins

    bqcoins Olympic Figure Skating Scoring System Expert

  7. DJCoinz

    DJCoinz Majored in Morganology

    Wow, awesome coins Ben! Beautiful set! :thumb:
     
  8. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    Ben said it before mate they is lovely :D


    :D
     
  9. Bonedigger

    Bonedigger New Member

    You're correct. One additional problem of living in the remote/wild portions of the Nation is I'm going to have to travel to Denver (9 Hrs) in order to get them examined by the closest member of the club to me. I will keep you posted, LOL...

    :D
    Ben
     
  10. Phoenix21

    Phoenix21 Well-Known Member

    Wow, awesome Bone! All very nice, and a nice accomplishment! Good luck on getting into the club! Sure you'll make it my friend! Awesome, and congrats. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

    Phoenix :cool:
     
  11. Daggarjon

    Daggarjon Supporter**

    well Ben, the good news is.. once you are IN the club... any others around you wont have to travel so far :) you wil be an even BIGGER asset then you are now :D
     
  12. mikenoodle

    mikenoodle The Village Idiot Supporter


    BIGGER ASSET??? hard to imagine...
     
  13. Shortgapbob

    Shortgapbob Emerging Numismatist

    Ben,

    I have always liked your blue collar set of Bust Halves. VF is a nice average grade, as they are much more expensive in VF now than they used to be. :thumb:
     
  14. swick

    swick New Member

    BEN,
    Congratulations on the set of halves! They look GREAT!! Good job!

    swick
     
  15. JeromeLS

    JeromeLS Coin Fanatic

    Nice halves....! Looking at the rest of your coins...that 1805 half is lovely...
     
  16. dragons52

    dragons52 dragons

    those halves aren't nice there very nice
     
  17. zaneman

    zaneman Former Moderator

    Bone,
    CONGRATS! I'm glad to hear that you were approved. :)
     
  18. Bedford

    Bedford Lackey For Coin Junkies

    Nice overall collection Ben - Congrats again-
     
  19. Bonedigger

    Bonedigger New Member


    Haven't been approved yet. Give me until the fall. :)
     
  20. clembo

    clembo A closed mind is no mind

    WOW,

    A great set of one of my favorite coins.
    Not only that but you led me to a new website to explore.

    Thanks for sharing!
     
  21. zaneman

    zaneman Former Moderator

    Oops. :eek:

    Nonetheless, I am sure you will be approved.
     
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