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<p>[QUOTE="waybrig, post: 3668533, member: 106528"]Lots of great comments and info here, I'm learning a lot! There seems to be a consensus that it would have been graded a few slots lower back in the 70's, but now it is in the AU55 range. Here are the actual comments from the auction card I have on this coin:</p><p> </p><p>"Stack's Auction. March 18, 1978.</p><p>1809 0.103. Brilliant Uncirculated (MS-60+). Sharply struck, with pale gold toning about the edges. A few contact marks on the lower face and neck, and a minute rub on a couple of high spots. Really a very choice example. Ex Merkin, lot 135, February 1972 sale. $440"</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe every coin I have claims to be uncirculated or a proof but without the grading services in operation back then there was likely more variability in grading. I'm not sure if my father in law ever saw these coins before purchasing or just bought them based on the descriptions. They were still in the original sealed packages straight from the sale so I doubt that any additional wear took place after his purchase. He seems to have been an investor more than a true coin collector since I assume collectors like to have the coins somewhere attractive so they can admire them at least occasionally. These were stuffed away in boxes and some still may have never even been looked at since they were bought.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone wants to see a particular year half dollar from ~1809 to 1900, let me know and I'll see about posting a pic if I have it. I don't believe there are any ultra rare varieties in this collection but nearly every year is represented and the vast majority seem to be high AU/low MS or Proofs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm taking them to a dealer Wednesday morning to assist me with getting these graded and liquidated. The more I look at them the more I start getting drawn in by their mysteries so I need to get them out of my hands. There are a few I may end up keeping, not because of value necessarily but because of the history and beauty of the coins in general.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="waybrig, post: 3668533, member: 106528"]Lots of great comments and info here, I'm learning a lot! There seems to be a consensus that it would have been graded a few slots lower back in the 70's, but now it is in the AU55 range. Here are the actual comments from the auction card I have on this coin: "Stack's Auction. March 18, 1978. 1809 0.103. Brilliant Uncirculated (MS-60+). Sharply struck, with pale gold toning about the edges. A few contact marks on the lower face and neck, and a minute rub on a couple of high spots. Really a very choice example. Ex Merkin, lot 135, February 1972 sale. $440" I believe every coin I have claims to be uncirculated or a proof but without the grading services in operation back then there was likely more variability in grading. I'm not sure if my father in law ever saw these coins before purchasing or just bought them based on the descriptions. They were still in the original sealed packages straight from the sale so I doubt that any additional wear took place after his purchase. He seems to have been an investor more than a true coin collector since I assume collectors like to have the coins somewhere attractive so they can admire them at least occasionally. These were stuffed away in boxes and some still may have never even been looked at since they were bought. If anyone wants to see a particular year half dollar from ~1809 to 1900, let me know and I'll see about posting a pic if I have it. I don't believe there are any ultra rare varieties in this collection but nearly every year is represented and the vast majority seem to be high AU/low MS or Proofs. I'm taking them to a dealer Wednesday morning to assist me with getting these graded and liquidated. The more I look at them the more I start getting drawn in by their mysteries so I need to get them out of my hands. There are a few I may end up keeping, not because of value necessarily but because of the history and beauty of the coins in general.[/QUOTE]
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