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A "Pocket Coin"

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jackson64

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for a raw set

In my journals I usually talk about my Walking Liberty collecting, sometimes I talk about my High Seas sailing ship themed set/s, and since I finished my Mercury dimes..not so much on them anymore.

I don't seem to write about some of my "sideline" collections very much. One of these collections is Barber Halves in F-VF quality. I collect these raw, although one or two have been crackouts when the price is about even to that of a raw coin.

I'm not super picky with these. I believe the Barber half is one of the most attractive coins in circulated condition. I do try and get as much facial detail and L-I-B-E-R-T-Y on the headband as possible.

I recently took a chance on a 1910-S that I came across. It has great details and full LIBERTY..a solid F15-VF20..it also is very "dirty".

Not being one to ever clean coins I'm going to try an experiment. I've heard some older collectors talk about carrying a coin around in your pocket for a few months if there is a surface problem. The theory is a tiny bit of wear can eliminate some things like artificial toning, uneven color, light hairlines..etc..

So since this coin only cost me $18 and has details of a $50+ coin, I'm going to run an experiment of the theory to see if I can "even out" the color and wear away some surface contaminants naturally..Here's the BEFORE picture..in 3 months I'll post an AFTER picture..hopefully I never forget to remove it from my pocket before laundering..some of the old pennies I find in my dryer are as bright as the day they were made--and dinged up too...

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