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Message:: [QUOTE="rld14, post: 1072246, member: 16133"]It's got substantially better than VG10 details! Here's my take on it...  Assuming that it's what it looks like in the scans, it's probably going to grade at PCGS between 20 and 25. That's assuming it grades at all.  I don't love the toning progression on the coin, and the back is suspect.. toning that dark on a Barber Half will frequently get it to come back in a Genuine holder - Environmental damage.  It really depends what it looks like in hand, but if that's really thick.. it's not going to grade. Then there's the other consideration, Mid Grade Barber Halves bring big premiums in PCGS plastic on eBay, why is this coin raw?  Not to say that's an automatic condemnation of the coin, I know someone who picked one of the 2 holy grails of mid-grade Barber Halves off of eBay raw and it did grade XF40 at PCGS (A 93S!!!!!) but it's worth keeping in mind. Also, remember that the 1915-P is like the 97-O and the 01-S to a degree, it's not a sleeper date that brings huge multiples of "sheet" or "guide" and isn't as tough a date in VF as you might think.[/QUOTE]