Re: Undergraded ACG Barber dime!!!!

Congrats Paul. As the old saying goes, even a broken clock is right
twice a day :.)
Barry

On 22 Oct 2003 01:57:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PJRobertz) wrote:

>>: Re: Undergraded ACG Barber dime!!!!
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  (Paul Robertz)
>>Date: 10/14/2003 5:59 AM !!!First Boot!!!
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>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Teagan) wrote in message
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>>> Sure looks like all 7 letters in LIBERTY are visible.
>>> 
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3051750827
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>>Subject: Re: Undergraded ACG Barber dime!!!!
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  (Paul Robertz)
>>Date: 10/14/2003 5:59 AM !!!First Boot!!!
>>Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Teagan) wrote in message
>>news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>> Sure looks like all 7 letters in LIBERTY are visible.
>>> 
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3051750827
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>It finally arrived at its new home today.  I gambled close to Graysheet Fine
>bid and was not disappointed.  As promised, I'm posting some better images of
>the coin before I crack it out of its Slab of Satan and put it in my Dansco
>album.
>
>http://members.aol.com/pjrobertz/coins/1896s10ACG.jpg
>
>First of all, all seven letters of LIBERTY are visible, although parts of B, E,
>and R are missing.  This is normal for a key date Barber coin in Fine, although
>buyers may insist on more complete letters before paying Fine money.
>
>http://members.aol.com/pjrobertz/coins/96sLIBERTY.jpg
>
>I am happy to report there are no signs of cleaning, no corrosion, no PVC
>damage, and a bold date and mintmark.  There is a scratch from the nose
>extending to the left of LIBERTY and up into the cap which I would have
>mentioned if I were the seller.  
>
>http://members.aol.com/pjrobertz/coins/1896s10obv.jpg
>
>The reverse is better than the obverse, which is not often the case with Barber
>coins.  However, Barber Dimes are usually graded mostly from the obverse.
>
>http://members.aol.com/pjrobertz/coins/1896s10rev.jpg
>
>I'm happy with my purchase of the replacement for my lowest grade coin in my #1
>set of my favorite series.  I wouldn't call it obviously undergraded at VG-10,
>since I suspect PCGS or NGC might call it the same. It could go F-15 at another
>service, and might have been VF if the submitter to ACG had paid a premium
>grading fee.  It is by no means a VF, but is the only reasonably priced Fine
>1896-S dime I've found in three years of searching.
>
>

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