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Message:: [QUOTE="RyanL, post: 1093305, member: 28774"]Hi all, I am iced in here in Ohio so I thought I might head down to the local dealer to get a dollar or two face value worth of junk silver. I looked through his half dollar box and snatched up this 1901-O Barber Half. It looked really good so I went home to check the grade on it. I've only been collecting for a month so I don't want to overgrade this, but at the same time a VF version (which is what I think this is) is worth a whopping $225, a monster profit over the $10 I spent on it. Hope these pics are ok (my cell phone did surprisingly well). I can see every letter in LIBERTY, albeit not the entire letter on some. On the reverse, I'm not sure what the ANA guide means when it says "shield is worn but all details are visible". Does that mean every line in it's entirety? I would think any wear at all would begin to obscure the shield lines. That being said, I think the obverse is a strong VF20, and the reverse either a weak VF20 or strong F15. Also there are some small rim nicks. A VF20 is $225, and a F12 is $90. I'm going to take a stab and value this at $170 due to the weaker reverse and small nicks. What say you? I plan on selling this as soon as possible to fund other coins I'm after. Thanks in advance for any help.[/QUOTE]