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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 838812, member: 7638&quot;]My opinion, formed before reading the other posts, is that the coin has uncirculated details but very likely a cleaning. On the obverse, I see fine horizontal hairlines. Also, a halo of toning around the right hand stars which suggests to me that toning in the fields has been removed. The fuzzy luster noted by illini and Lehigh (2 very sharp collectors who are way ahead of me) is a subtle clue that I missed.&nbsp; By way of illustration, here is how the luster on an MS63 should look, in this case a half: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/early%20halves/halfdollarBarber1911-srev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(In retrospect, mine doesn&#039;t exactly look cartwheel in these images. I defer to PCGS, who graded it)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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