1819 Capped Bust Half for the collection

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Got my new coin today !! This one is an 1819 Capped Bust Half Dollar. The coin is PCGS graded. I am going to let a few guesses come in as to the grade before I spill the beans.
Again, Thanks for lookin' and giving me a place to show off my first love, NUMISMATICS


VPR

 

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[Damon64]

Love that coin!

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Thanks for the reply, Damon64 !

Any one out there brave enough to throw out a guess on the grade ? I am sure some one is coin savy enough to get close if not right on

VPR

 

[cosmic]

Sweet!! XF-AU is my guess...

 

[Coinkid]

I vote AU53.

Nice coin!


-Paul

 

[savant365]

I would say that coin has 90% of its original detail so that would put it in the XF but not quite AU area. Whatever its grade is it's a beautiful coin, thanks for sharing it with us.

HH Charlie

 

[mainer]

I'll jump on the XF-40 bandwagon. Its a beautiful coin VPR. Will look great in your collection.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Looks like we have some pretty good coin graders here at Tnet !

Mainer hit it right on the head with the XF40

VPR

 

[Coinkid]

Wow, I certainly missed the mark on that one! Guess I should stick to Morgans! :P




-Paul

 

[Don in SJ]

Interesting grade, I have no experience in grading, since it is so subjective, you can send the same coin back to another company and get a different grading and probably back to the same company and possibly have that happen also.

But, I personally think that it was a very gracious grading of the coin, I must be the only one who thought a lower grade If I had replied before you posted the complete slab I would have said VF35, which would only be one grade lower than what they said, I think.

I was ready to say XF-40 until I looked at the stars, now not knowing if they take that into account or not, but the detail on the left side is either weak strike or wear, perhaps it is weak strike. The other wear patterns are borderline for XF in my guesstimate of an opinion.

Makes me wonder how the two I found last year would be graded, despite being grounders.

Don

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Don,
In hand the coin has alot of original luster. Pretty unusual for the grade. Maybe that was a factor in the final grade of XF40


VPR

 

[Don in SJ]

Don,
In hand the coin has alot of original luster. Pretty unusual for the grade. Maybe that was a factor in the final grade of XF40


VPR

Yes, if we knew how they did it on all coins, it would be much easier to figure out, sometimes I think they are like weathermen, throw a dart. Also, for us to really know what the coin looks like can sometimes be a challenge from on-line photos, since usually the photos bring out the worst in a coin, compared to naked eye.

Because of your post I just spent time rephotographing and re identifying all my found Bust silver,(LOL, only 5 coins) and think I have them all properly ID'd right now, and really will not worry about grading, since they are ground found, would only be really interested if one of them would have turned out to be a rare variety, but none of them are.

Don