GTG: 1915 Barber half

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by lordmarcovan, Mar 12, 2021.

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Guess the grade

  1. XF40

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. VF35

    1 vote(s)
    4.3%
  3. VF30

    1 vote(s)
    4.3%
  4. VF25

    3 vote(s)
    13.0%
  5. VF20

    2 vote(s)
    8.7%
  6. F15

    13 vote(s)
    56.5%
  7. F12

    3 vote(s)
    13.0%
  8. VG10

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. VG8

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  10. G6

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

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  3. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Well I cheated and used photo grading on this one . I'm on the F-12 Bandwagon . Join me ? download.jpg
     
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  4. potty dollar 1878

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  6. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    I agree on the F-15, but voted VF, since I think the service is lenient on these, except when I send them in.
     
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  7. Publius2

    Publius2 Well-Known Member

    I'm in at F-12.
     
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  8. ddoomm1

    ddoomm1 keep on running

    VF-25 (?)
     
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  9. Morgandude11

    Morgandude11 As long as it's Silver, I'm listening

  10. Bradley Trotter

    Bradley Trotter Well-Known Member

  11. beaver96

    beaver96 Supporter! Supporter

    F15 with the CirCam look.
     
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  12. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    F15, great look!
     
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  13. Anthony Mazza

    Anthony Mazza Well-Known Member

  14. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

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  15. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

  16. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I thought this was a lovely circulated example of one of the three Philadelphia key dates which bring up the tail end of the series. Sort of the caboose of the Barber half train, as it were.

    The 1915 Barber half had a mintage of only 138,000 pieces, making it roughly three and a half times rarer than a 1909-S VDB cent, and since this is a terminal end year issue as opposed to the cent, which was a first year issue, I imagine a much smaller portion of the halves got saved. Not to mention the half being worth more in commerce at the time, and thus more costly to set aside for a collector at the time than the 1909-S VDB cent would have been.

    And yet it is underappreciated and only worth a fraction of what the cent is today.

    So I think it is a wholesome example of a key date coin, and more importantly, found at a price I could afford.
     
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