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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2600328, member: 10461"]I'm not so sure I'd call the OP coin F12, even. Close, maybe even just <i>barely</i> there, but certainly not "<i>better</i> than F12". I'd go VG10, personally. Though mostly there, LIBERTY is mighty weak.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Seated-Half-Dime/Grades" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Seated-Half-Dime/Grades" rel="nofollow">Here. Look.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>By Numismedia trends, an 1872-S with mintmark above bow trends $17 in VG8 and $21 in F12, which was much more in line with my original thinking before I looked it up. Your piece I would call a $20-ish coin at retail, at best. However, if one found a specialist who might be interested in the variety that [USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] mentioned (good luck there), then someone might pay more for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I dunno if you got <i>soaked</i>, but specialist variety or no, if one pays 2x trend price for a coin in the lower circulated grades which, while not ugly, is not really all that special in eye appeal either, then... well... maybe you're just slightly damp on this one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2600328, member: 10461"]I'm not so sure I'd call the OP coin F12, even. Close, maybe even just [I]barely[/I] there, but certainly not "[I]better[/I] than F12". I'd go VG10, personally. Though mostly there, LIBERTY is mighty weak. [URL='http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Seated-Half-Dime/Grades']Here. Look.[/URL] By Numismedia trends, an 1872-S with mintmark above bow trends $17 in VG8 and $21 in F12, which was much more in line with my original thinking before I looked it up. Your piece I would call a $20-ish coin at retail, at best. However, if one found a specialist who might be interested in the variety that [USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] mentioned (good luck there), then someone might pay more for it. I dunno if you got [I]soaked[/I], but specialist variety or no, if one pays 2x trend price for a coin in the lower circulated grades which, while not ugly, is not really all that special in eye appeal either, then... well... maybe you're just slightly damp on this one.[/QUOTE]
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