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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Elbesaar, post: 1293682, member: 26007&quot;]Just saw this Thread. Otherwise I would have commented sooner.</p><p><br /></p><p>The eBay coin is a nice coin and the OBV is actually a finer grade</p><p>than its REV. I grade the OBV 35 and the REV 30. I also can&#039;t figure</p><p>out how its in a NGC 40 holder either; with regards to the HA coin</p><p>[also in an NGC 40 holder] that coin is actually a OBV 50 and REV 45.</p><p>Its market graded - and I agree with the grade - at XF 45. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now with regards to the &quot;high value date&quot; of 2008 - and the current</p><p>depressed prices of 2011 - do not for one second believe that Barber</p><p>Halves are depressed in mid grade circulated condition. There is a large</p><p>group of collectors who are chasing coins in VF - XF because they are so</p><p>hard to find. When was the last time you saw a nice display of these coins</p><p>at a coin show in acceptable condition [ VF - XF ]. Maybe you will see one or</p><p>two at a dealers table, but unless the dealer specializes in them, you&#039;re lucky</p><p>if you do see one or two. </p><p><br /></p><p>I specialize in them, I buy nice coins, complate a set one a year, sell the set,</p><p>and start again. Every year, I seem to have more and more difficulty locating</p><p>certain dates - sometimes, I just get lucky and locate the sleepers first, and</p><p>I am always on the look out for the dates I know are non existant when you&#039;re</p><p>looking for them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Its a hobby and I enjoy it - because the &quot;fun of coin collecting is in the hunt&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy hunting everyone !!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a 1910-S that&#039;s currently in the set I&#039;m working on... [ nothing too special...]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/ad309/mfhayesatcomcastnet/Dansco%20Barber%20Half%20Album/95a398bc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/ad309/mfhayesatcomcastnet/Dansco%20Barber%20Half%20Album/87a5bdd0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the few raw coins I have bought off of eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>I grade the coin VF 20... and on a good day, I think a TPG would</p><p>call it a VF 25. Its got a nice circulated cameo look to it which I</p><p>know only too well is original.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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