Don'tcha just love those Standing Liberties? Here's a 1923. The 3 is mostly visible and the 2 is kind of visible mush. What would YOU grade it? http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/scan0034.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/scan0035.jpg Thanks for any input. clembo
Well clembo, I happen to have a 23 in similar condition, including the date wear. I would like to believe that mine would grade VF. A coin dealer I know had a raw 23 with more wear then ours, tagged VF, something, and he tried to tell me mine were not quite Fine. Out of respect I didn't call him on his coin. Go figure that one though. There seems to be lots of these "high date" SLQs about the same F-VF condition. Yet much better price at VF then F. I just a soon trade all my F and VF SLQs for a BU example. Great work of art. I wish we could bring this type art back to our current currency. Need to get some photo grades for these years, old buffs too. Allen
Beautiful coin but horrible design you know? This one has a lot of detail but the date just plain sucks. My 21 has less detail but a 4 digit (although mushy date). Gonna keep it for now. Paid a whopping $3 for it. clembo
I think it's 10-12. But I don't collect this series. They are hard to grade IMO because some have no date with less wear and some have a solid date with more wear.
The reason you see this wear versus date conflict is because 1917-24 production years produced what is call the "pedestal date" which had the date so high on the coin that it worn down quickly. The 1925-30 coins are known as "recessed dates" and allow the date to wear much slower then the other devices. Allen
Clembo: I know what you mean, I paid melt for mine years ago, but I only have the last digit. [1921]. Nice find.
While it does display some VG/F details, I can only give it a grade of G-4 because the rim is incomplete and the date is not full (I am using the ANA Grading book). Oh well, I guess you can't complain for $3.
I'm with those that said you got what you paid for. Melt value is $3. You did good on this one. In fact about $3.25 or so now. As for grading, with all that wear the best I could do is a G4.
