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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 691650, member: 12718&quot;]I&#039;d like to present my new purchase and <b>ask you to guess the grade</b>.&nbsp; It is an 1893 Barber Dime and the acquisition is one step along my journey to build a toned 1893 P mint set.&nbsp; I also own a heavily toned 93P quarter and the 93 Columbian half so I have a ways to go!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1893%20Barber%20Dime/MBP11645.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1893%20Barber%20Dime/MBP11646.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The pictures are quite accurate and the coin has wonderful flashes of color that get me very excited. :hail:</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the Barber pieces, here is what Cornelius Vermeule has to say on pages 86-87 of his Numismatic Art in America book:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;Of all American coins long in circulation, no series has stood the wearing demands of modern coinage so well as the half dollar, quarter dollar, and dime developed by the chief engraver at Philadelphia.&nbsp; Liberty&#039;s cap, incised diadem, and wreath of laurel were designed to echo all the depth and volume of her Olympian countenance.........On both sides the simple dignity of motto, legend, and denomination binds the pictorialism into a cohesive tondo.&nbsp; ......This wreath also exhibits its own freshness and sculptural activity: leaves, berries, and stems are alive with a carefully controlled sense of nature&nbsp; even when these coins have been worn nearly smooth, their outlines suggest the harmony of interior detail in careful planes of relief that make Uncirculated specimens a pleasure to contemplate.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>OK, back to the original question, fellow CoinTalkers.&nbsp; What is your guess as to the PCGS grade?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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