Is this 1853 A&R Half Accurately Graded at VF35 ? (ANACS VF35, my coin)

Seems awful weak on around the rims...

 

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The full liberty on the shield, and Liberty's hand, gown and hair look like a 35, but the rims would make me reluctant to spend vf35 money on it. If i were buying I'd probably offer vf20 or 25 money.

 

Thanks. Yes, I agree.

I paid like 50 euros for it so the price was low enough in spite of the weak rims.

 

I agree looking at this specimen you can tell the strike is off. That is very common on seated coinage. Judging from the high points wear and the details still visable ,ie, liberty and the upper wings wear tells me it's spot on at vf 30/35 but again would only want to be in at f/vf money.
But seeing a rim with full cut detail denticals @ 9 k and at 3 k they barely seened.
I see that on h-10's all the time. I like to vision the hammer on a down ward strike chatters enough to cause a beveled sort of strike going from strong to weak. If that makes sense? You see this on shield nickels also but that's adding hard nickel to the equation which would cause more bounce......look at a shield nickel that appears to have an RPD, Look again was it a repunch or a bounce ? Both giving a double date look.

 

Ed, you’re a cheapskate ;-) I believe they considered the weak strike when grading it VF35. The surfaces appear to be very original, that’s probably why they decided to grade it more generously.

 

I believe a lot of people have issues with what I call battle ship grey coins. I believe they don't know how to read them when the surface is mute.
Yes this shows wear, and lacks luster...but details and even wear makes it a keeper to me.

 

I thought the planchets had to have the correct weight, at least within a specific range?

 

For me, the VF-35 grade has me debating as to whether to grade that or EF-40. This is no EF-40 debate here because of the obvious wear. I'd say this in the VF-25 to 30 range.

 

For 50 euros, I would be happy with it. Nice coin, Eduard.

 

Reverse is better I would probably be at 25. However, old silver can get the benefit of the doubt, as will key dates, and known poor strike/bad die issues.