Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
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Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
I went metal detecting today in a modern Park from the 1990s and come upon an 1892 s barber half. It was unbelievable I haven't even found a silver quarter yet and I find this. It has not been cleaned to my knowledge I got a q-tip wet and rolled it across the coin that's it just to clean the dirt off is this coin worth sending off to PCGS it looks like a fine grade and what could be the value of this coin really $300 to $600
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Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
First of all, Concrat's , Nice find !!
I found a 1892S Quarter one year . It came back Environmental Damage . So, I would't do it unless you just want it encapsulated .
I found a 1892S Quarter one year . It came back Environmental Damage . So, I would't do it unless you just want it encapsulated .
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Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
Welcome
It may be in your best interest, to search out, on this site,....... several posts describing the submission of coins to the TPG's.
Nice find!
A close inspection of your images posted here....... show obvious hairlines, pitting, and some distracting prime focal hits.
It may be in your best interest, to search out, on this site,....... several posts describing the submission of coins to the TPG's.
Nice find!
A close inspection of your images posted here....... show obvious hairlines, pitting, and some distracting prime focal hits.
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Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
Zooming on the REV pic I see areas, especially under the eagles' legs that look like this coin was scrubbed/wiped/cleaned/brushed/etc. at some time.
Lines across the bust, in the neck area especially, also are present.
If what the pics show are there, I would say this one would come back a details coin.
Nice find!
Lines across the bust, in the neck area especially, also are present.
If what the pics show are there, I would say this one would come back a details coin.
Nice find!
Common grading company shortcomings & resulting co$tly mi$take$ to collectors (using Kennedy No FG halves):
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
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How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
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Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
You mean you can't see the lines where this coin has been cleaned?
It's a nice find but it is a details coin because it's been cleaned.
It's a nice find but it is a details coin because it's been cleaned.
Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
When I first found the coin I didn't know what I had and I wiped some dirt off to see what it was either that I did not clean the coin
Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
But thank you for taking a look at it I watch you on YouTube I'm not no coin expert at all lol
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Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
Thanks.
The coin could have been cleaned a long time ago but it has lines from being cleaned is all I am saying.
The coin could have been cleaned a long time ago but it has lines from being cleaned is all I am saying.
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Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
Hi Michael - I'm also relatively new to this site, and you've certainly come to the right place. Listen to these guys and watch Daniel's videos. Your eyes will be opened and you'll see things you would have never noticed before (this has been my experience).
For a "found-in-the-dirt" coin, that's a great find. Do you happen to have any pictures from when you first found it? A soft rolling of a wet Q-tip probably wouldn't have produced the lines they're referring to, so it was likely cleaned before you found it? Which means what? That some coin collector was foolishly carrying this around in a park in the 1990s? OMG!
Anyway - welcome, and congrats on a great find!
For a "found-in-the-dirt" coin, that's a great find. Do you happen to have any pictures from when you first found it? A soft rolling of a wet Q-tip probably wouldn't have produced the lines they're referring to, so it was likely cleaned before you found it? Which means what? That some coin collector was foolishly carrying this around in a park in the 1990s? OMG!
Anyway - welcome, and congrats on a great find!
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Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
Unfortunately I have seen a lot of youtube vids where people do this very thing. Whether or not it was you who scratched it or not is impossible to tell, but from now on...please never wipe them when you find them. If the scratches were from you, you unknowingly took off a lot of value.When I first found the coin I didn't know what I had and I wiped some dirt off to see what it was either that I did not clean the coin
Cleaning is a generic term used for coins where people have removed dirt by wiping/rubbing etc. all the way to scrubbing vigorously with metal polish. All of this reduces coin value greatly.
Coins can be "conserved" which is removing a foreign substance without any effect on the original surface metal at all. This, when done properly, will not "clean" the coin and the coin retains its value.
I see some detectorists use squirt bottles they carry with them to initially clear off the grime without wiping. Just realize the smallest amount of removing of surface metal (wiping, rubbing, etc.) will lower the value. If you have to leave them dirty until you get home to properly take care of them...then do...its in your best interest.
There are ways to remove the dirt without physically harming the coin, but that's for another thread! If you need help sometime, just ask :)
Common grading company shortcomings & resulting co$tly mi$take$ to collectors (using Kennedy No FG halves):
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
Re: Should I have my 1892 s barber half graded???
Thank you all of you good input I appreciate you guys taking a look at my coin last question does anybody have any idea on a reasonable value of this coin and thanks once again everybody
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