GTG:1897 Barber dime

This one may be a bit tricky. Graded by NGC.

 

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PF58?

 

MS-63 ?

 

Following the pack MS details, tooled.

 

Can you explain how a person exactly tools a coin ? Isn't the die tooled or is it the coin and what tools are used ?

 

PR MS63

 

MS-61 in the holder; AU-58 out of it.

It might be the angle of the photo, but I don’t see Proof fields on the coin. If it was struck as a Proof, it’s now an impaired one that should get no more than PR-58.

 

Gorgeous coin.

 

Looks like the luster is better in the protected areas, I'm thinking high AU. Maybe 58.

Edit: guessing circulation strike..

 

MS61 i don't think its a Proof but it's certainly got the frosty appearance so I'm on the John train.

 

To me, the reverse screams proof.

MS61

I have no clue

 

PF55 is just a guess.

 

I'm in the PF 55-61 neighborhood without actually seeing the coin.

 

I don't see it being a proof. My guess is possibly MS64
A little hard to judge, but a great coin, none the less.

 

I also do not think it is PF. Good luster EF45, perhaps low AU?

 

I'd like to change this to PF62

 

PF-60. I'm a bit torn on whether MS or PF, but obviously leaning proof. I don't think it's a circulated proof, hence the 60 due to many contact marks but I also see no hairlines.

 

PF...maybe </= 63

 

Tooling is typically when a person embellishes the details of a worn or poorly struck coin in an effort to improve the grade.

I am in at PF60

 

Nice coin.