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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4541740, member: 10461"]Here is that video. The dime find happens around the 5-minute mark. It is nothing very special (not even as nice as the one posted here), but I was excited because I hadn't found a Barber coin for several years.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]9qPXJn1DIFM[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=110895]@Rosalita[/USER]- I concur with those who called your coin G6. It is better than G4, and on the borderline with VG8. It is also a pleasing <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/">CircCam</a> example for the grade. So there's certainly nothing wrong with it. Indeed, I like it. But it's not very monetarily valuable, is all.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=bardim&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=12711600&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=bardim&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=12711600&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" rel="nofollow">Numismedia</a> says $4 in G4 and $6 in VG8, so a G6 like yours is in the range of $5. And you wouldn't want to spend $40+ to certify a $5 coin. But as five-dollar coins go, that is quite a nice example, and a worthy keepsake, as [USER=92655]@Randy Abercrombie[/USER] mentioned. Hang onto it. Maybe even use it to start a collection if you feel the urge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4541740, member: 10461"]Here is that video. The dime find happens around the 5-minute mark. It is nothing very special (not even as nice as the one posted here), but I was excited because I hadn't found a Barber coin for several years. [MEDIA=youtube]9qPXJn1DIFM[/MEDIA] [USER=110895]@Rosalita[/USER]- I concur with those who called your coin G6. It is better than G4, and on the borderline with VG8. It is also a pleasing [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/']CircCam[/URL] example for the grade. So there's certainly nothing wrong with it. Indeed, I like it. But it's not very monetarily valuable, is all. [URL='http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=bardim&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=12711600&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms']Numismedia[/URL] says $4 in G4 and $6 in VG8, so a G6 like yours is in the range of $5. And you wouldn't want to spend $40+ to certify a $5 coin. But as five-dollar coins go, that is quite a nice example, and a worthy keepsake, as [USER=92655]@Randy Abercrombie[/USER] mentioned. Hang onto it. Maybe even use it to start a collection if you feel the urge.[/QUOTE]
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