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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsden, post: 1661513, member: 38010&quot;]First, a confession.&nbsp; I&#039;m so much in love with Barber Halves that I&#039;ve spent lots of money before really educating myself.&nbsp; Yes it&#039;s stupid--you don&#039;t have to tell me (but feel free).&nbsp; Anyway now of course I&#039;m interested in upgrading my collection and it&#039;s high time I started learning.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example which has me flummoxed at the moment.&nbsp; There is substantial wear on the reverse of this coin, note particularly the right side of the shield and the wings adjacent.&nbsp; Because of this wear, I&#039;d have said this was a mid-grade EF.&nbsp; But a <i>real </i>expert says it&#039;s AU-53.&nbsp; What am I missing please?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i251/benzomatic/05b1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">edited</span></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin does have a truly enticing obverse imho, and the obverse is where the action is with this type, aesthetically speaking.&nbsp; I even like the mark on Liberty&#039;s temple, like a slight scar.&nbsp;&nbsp; Counting from the left, along the topside of the wreath, I always look at how the third and fourth leaves are superimposed.&nbsp; On truly uncirculated examples there is a distinct line separating the two.&nbsp; It&#039;s faint but definitely present here. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i251/benzomatic/05a1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So I guess another question is: can a stellar obverse compensate for a substandard reverse in the grader&#039;s judgment?&nbsp; A coin like this works for me since I don&#039;t really care about the reverse on this type.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t want to continue overpaying.</p><p><br /></p><p>A PR66 for comparison:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/nymorfam/C1109-6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/nymorfam/C1109-7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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