GTG 1892 Columbian Half Dollar

I knew it. It has to market for that, just look at it.

 

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The Columbian is a very difficult coin to grade in my opinion. What looks like rub on the cheek and hair is almost always just a relatively weak strike. This coin has very clean fields, and is almost mark free. I think it borders on 66, and in a way I'm surprised it didn't, maybe the imperfect toning hurt it? (ie; the line in the toning gives it negative eye appeal?)

 

You beat me to the point I was about to make. I was torn between AU-58 and MS-65, for these reasons.

 

I do think that line hurts it a bit. That was what I suggested originally (although I penalized the coin too much for it).

 

I agree. The Columbian half dollar is tough to grade. What looks like a rub on the cheek might be due to a less than perfect strike.

I bought this one from a dealer who submitted it twice to PCGS for an upgrade beyond MS-63 in 1994. He gave up and I paid him MS-64 money for it.



This one was stored on the little pouch you see here for many years. It's still a raw coin. I collected it for the "issue pouch." The pouch was really a third party add-on at the 1893 Exposition.




The coin really looks like this. The first photo was overexposed because of the pouch. Yes, there is a finger print on the reverse.

 

@johnmilton I think your '92 has a good shot at 65 by today's standards. From your images, I can't see why it wouldn't. Nice coins, and I love the pouch!