I've been thinking of expanding into (low end, but above junk) Standing Liberty Quarters, and I'm trying to learn how to grade them. With the bare minimum of knowledge from a book, I just purchased one. How might you grade this 1929-D? Thanks!
I'm thinking... VF30? Ish? But I don't have much experience grading these. Most of the ones I've handled are G or lower. Sometimes much lower.
Per PCGS Photograde, it falls higher than VF25 but less than VF30. So, albeit a bit unorthodox, it is around VF28. It has design element wear lending to a lesser than VF30 grade…IMO.