Never have I ever come across such a circulated coin, I've had it for so long I forgot where I got it from! Wish there was a contest for most worn silver coin, I think I'd win it, any comments are these worth anything, other than the price of silver? It doesn't look like natural coin wear, that's for sure! What you think, feel free to post one if you have one!
I had a holey Seated dollar in that grade (1841- the date was still barely readable). Alas, no longer have any pics.
I don't know about that Barber. Might be damage rather than wear. It seems to have some rather deep parallel scratches, like it was sanded. Perhaps to be used as a shim. Possibly to level furniture? All done 100+ years ago.
Because there is no readable date, it's not gradeable. If the date could be determined, it would have value to a lowball collector. In this case only melt value unless someone wants it for the novelty factor. It doesn't look natural to me either. Lots of Barber coins were worn slick in commerce. I think my lowest with a readable date is this Canada 1929 25c. There's too much detail left on the obverse to get a super low grade though. I also have one or two slick dateless Buffalo nickels pulled from circulation in a box somewhere...
@KBBPLL . Just wanted to let you know that I have put a membership in the Barber Society down for one of my Christmas presents. James
Ohhhh! The horror. Dude, you have the ugliest chick so far. Miss Liberty is a hot mess and looks horrific.
I got this one in change today lol... didn't think to get a side pic but the edges are completely smooth as well no ridges at all... it's had a rough if short life...
What I find funny is some of these lowball coins get listed at such high prices. If you got it (or that standing liberty quarter graded) you could sell them for the low ball sets and probably make good money. I think both would straight grade. I do like them.
No, it's less than a Poor-1. In order to qualify for that grade, you have to be able to figure out the date. If it's an early coin, which is a die variety, you don't need a readable date. I was able to do that for a collector who had some early large cents which didn’t have dates. For a Barber coin, I think you would need to be able to read the last two digits.
Now that's one coin that truely worked for a living. One that definitely earned its' keep. I've an 1878 cc Morgan exhibiting the same circumstances.
My very first dug silver coin in my metal detecting career was a dateless SLQ that looked like that. I was excited.
There are two dates that you could conceivably determine based on hub types. If it has Reverse 1, it's 1892. If it's a combination other than Obverse 1 / Reverse 2 or Obverse 3 / Reverse 3, it's 1900. 1893-1899 were exclusively 1/2, and 1901-1916 were all 3/3. 1900 is a weird year with 6 possible combinations for each mint, so if a Barber quarter is 1/3, 2/2, 2/3, or 3/2, it has to be 1900. Theoretically. Of course the problem with a lowball is that the hub type markers wear off long before the date. The portrait is worn flat and the wing tips are totally gone, so it's impossible to determine the types.
How do you know all this stuff and is it understandable to the average collector like me? Nope. I need some easier to understand info. "I just like coins" That's me. SAL
Oh yes, you’re right. I forgot about the “readable date” (or at least “dateable”) criterion. The slick 1841 dollar I had did qualify, because you could still make out enough of the date to know which year. But otherwise it was as smooth as the Barber quarter above.
That almost looks like a counterfeit. I have a few of them and they have similar characteristics. Bruce
