Decided to take the dive into the world of type coin collecting recently. Here's my first pickup towards that goal. I really like the eye appeal of the coin personally but have no clue how to grade them so figured I could learn a thing or two with a GTG thread. Next on my list is a Barber quarter and half so any tips on what to look for with Barbers would be great. Hopefully the pictures are okay mine are the first set, second set is sellers pictures. The scratch on reverse is on the slab not coin. Thanks!
This is a tough coin to grade. If you just showed the reverse, I would be inclined to say MS64 with a shot at MS65, but alas, we must address the obverse. The seller's photos show the entire coin to be bright and lustrous with attractive toning. The coin is pretty clean but the hairlines on the obverse devices are a killer. Since the hairlines are contained to that one area, I'm gonna say that PCGS net graded the coin rather than deem it cleaned. I say they graded the coin either MS62 or MS63. Given the attractiveness of the coin, I'm going with MS63.
Appreciate the detailed response. I'll look with a loupe later on today at the obverse devices. Used to dealing with $1 sized coins this is a whole new animal
I'm thinking along the same lines as @Lehigh96 on this one. The coin has fabulous eye appeal (you have a great eye for that) but the hairlines on the obverse are limiting the grade on this coin. MS-63 is a fair grade for it. Or as another would say: It's defiantly a MS-63, and you can take that to the bank.
As always a good eye appealing coin ,if you think dimes takes some time getting use to due to size ....just wait until you go into half dimes and 3 cent pieces Since I have one to compare to a Barber dime that is ,and as the others have voiced hard to read I'm going Au.58 . It's a nice specimen for sure but cannot read it as a MS coin .
There was a California fractional gold piece at a live auction I went to a few weeks back. I couldn't believe how small it was, if that thing wasn't in a slab there is no chance I could get it back to my car without losing it lol
Be extremely careful buying these....I've seen more fakes then the real McCoys! They are really cool but make sure even graded it's legit .
I believe it, from a counterfeiters point of view seems like that would be a likely target. Definitely have to know what you're doing with those little guys.
Will post up results in a few hours. Did look at it under a loupe last night and can definitely see some hairlines but not as bad as the pictures make it seem and can't see a thing from normal distance tilting it all directions. Strange, not sure why they're there but it doesn't really take anything away from the coin for me or bother me much so it is what it is.
It probably spent a couple days in someone's pocket and then got stored away. I guess that is the fuzzy line between "circulated" and "uncirculated."
Yeah could be the case and would make sense since it's really confined to a small area with no signs anywhere on the reverse or most of the obverse. I'm definitely not sure what slab this coin should be in, I just know I'm happy owning it so the rest doesn't matter much to me.