hey experts!!! grade THIS!!!

High-end AU -- 55 or 58. From the photo it looks like the luster has been impared too much to go MS by any (reputable) TPG....Mike

 

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i have a suggestion post more pics so we can nail the 58-63 debate

 

agree with spock.....with these pic's 55-58....appears to be slight wear above eye and less feather detail than a typical MS barber quarter....beautiful coin nonetheless

 

ok
I will post more pics
give me a couple of days

 

take your time make sure it addresses the points we discussed here or the effort will go in waste

 

Be sure to read the above or Master Spock won't like it.

 

Here, Here....All Hail King Spock.

 

ok, spock and all of the others, here are my feeble first attempts at more pics. I tried as hard as I could to get pictures that showed the luster and the cheek so that you could whether or not there is a break.

Every time I tilt the coin, I have a hard time focusing the camera, but I am learning pretty quickly. I will try some more if these aren't satisfactory for master spock.

 

Mike:
Very nice coin, and a very scarce one.
Nice low mintage, of 704,000.
I try to buy every one that is properly graded and fairly priced.

My best is an AU-55, but I believe that yours is better.

If not for the hits on the cheek I would go unc.
Therefore, most likely AU-55 or AU-58.

 

Wouldn't hits on the cheek just limit it to a lower MS grade?

 

yes, but these look like circulation marks, although they are minor, it appears to be AU.

 

Oh, so that itself doesn't indicate a grade, they just generally go along with an AU coin?

Still not quite sure what the difference is between one of those and an ordinary ding.

 

okay, so, I am very picky.

Perhas no difference, just in the eye of the beholder.

To my eye, and remember, I wear glasses, the hits look like circulation marks.


I'd still rather have a nice AU-58 than an ugly MS-60.

And this coin is NICE!

I give---
call it an unc.
But, I wouldn't pay more than AU-58 for it.

 

remember that these pics were taken with magnification waaaay beyond 10x

to be fair since I have the coin in hand, I will tell you this: The cheek marks are one the 2x2 and the field marks are on the coin.

 

For my personal collection, I totally agree with you on the nice AU-58. It is nice, too. Most barber coins I've seen have been cleaned or messed with in some ways.

 

The best picture taking method, in my opinion, is to lay the coin on a white sheet of paper in moderate light with moderate contrast. Try that. I mean, out of the 2x2. Just be careful.

 

By the top picture , my last guess was AU-58 , it could go MS , but with pictures it's almost impossible to tell slight wear from a weak strike , still a beaut of a coin .
rzage

 

Ms-64