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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1074597, member: 27832&quot;]<b>Detailed images</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Just for the sake of completeness, here&#039;s what that half-dime, Barber dime, and the seated halves look like up close.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know <i>what</i> someone did to this half-dime -- it looks like they started to try to drill through its center, but couldn&#039;t quite figure out how:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106571.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]106570.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that I&#039;ve examined it more closely, this dime looks like high VF details to me, but it&#039;s had a hard life and probably a cleaning or two, and it hasn&#039;t aged well -- worse skin than I had as a teenager!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106567.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This half is G at best, and the obverse scratch drops it further, but I still think it&#039;s not ready for the melting pot:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106569.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This half just misses VG, I think -- the apparent hit under the breast is actually a cut in the Mylar, and I don&#039;t see corresponding damage on the coin itself:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106568.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t be tedious enough to post photos of the other coins; none of them were particularly surprising.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m actually somewhat pleased with the Barber dime; even though it&#039;s got problems, it&#039;s nicer than any other Barber coin I&#039;ve had so far. I&#039;m quite pleased with the halves, although I may try to resell them and put the money toward a type example in better condition. Overall, I don&#039;t regret my bid, although I&#039;m sure the seller doesn&#039;t regret it either. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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