Barber Quarter High Grade??

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by ThatGuyTony, Apr 14, 2018.

  1. ThatGuyTony

    ThatGuyTony Member

    2B899ED6-515B-4E65-9013-293D16C38B47.jpeg F6972642-FB69-4A12-B355-E724095BA79B.jpeg What would you grade this at? Almost seems polished lol
     
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  3. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    Impossible to grade from those pictures but probably AU
     
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  4. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    With no toning anywhere I suspect it's been dipped.
     
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  5. ThatGuyTony

    ThatGuyTony Member

    I was thinking the same. Someone bought it for 150$ I think. The sellers seemed legit though
     
  6. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    Heavily over dipped. AU details.
     
  7. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    AU details cleaned
     
  8. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    This coin is why I have issue with the importance placed on TPG grading. This Barber screams eye appeal. Whether or not it has been cleaned is debatable as the photos don’t tell. But man.... What is not to love about this quarter? I’ll take every one of these that are culled due to suspected cleaning.
     
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  9. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    The photo is honestly impossible to accurately grade from but people will act like it can be.

    However, if you assume this photo is accurate (which it may not be) the one thing this coin doesn't scream for sure is eye appeal. Some may like it but it is not the look most people go for
     
  10. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    Agreed. But then... Beauty is a personal and subjective thing, isn’t it? I was collecting Long before the TPG’s got the masses hooked on the value placed in their grading points. To me, this a a markedly beautiful reflection of our history. Spectacularly beautiful in fact. While I do not condone changing a coins appearance I find it foolhardy that so many will cull a nice piece over suspicion of a previous potential altering..... Probably why in fifty years of collecting, my collection is not brimming with slabs. The coin represented in the photos is a beautiful piece of American history to my eyes.
     
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  11. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    Mr. Clean. It just has that sterile look.
     
  12. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    Historically speaking they're all great parts of history. For all the good the internet has done for collecting a downfall to me is how overly critical it has made a lot of people leading to this market we have today where a lot is kind of treated as junk if it's not the elite for the grade. In a way that's a good thing as people know what they want and are picky, but I agree sometimes overly picky.

    That said that coin could be one that would end up in a straight graded holder. The pictures are that bad but likely it is a details coin which clearly gets frowned upon in conversations.

    My issue is more the trying to imply its a 63 on the holder than anything else.
     
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  13. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    I love the intricate details of coins being nice and sharp, rather than worn.

    So for me I like the coin.

    If people take a perfectly good coin and say it's cull then I'll buy it all day long for cull prices. :) But for some reason they don't sell at culled prices. :(
     
  14. TONYBRONX

    TONYBRONX Well-Known Member

  15. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    The images are good enough to say that there is little to no luster left. The surfaces are dead. There is nothing wrong with buying it if you like it and understand what you are buying. It would look great in a Dansco. I have more than a few problem coins in my collection.
    If you pay a fair price and love the coin, it's fun.
     
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