You Grade.....1918 Half Dollar-Abe Lincoln

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

I won't dare to try to grade this "raw" 1918 Abe Commemorative 1/2 Dollar.

Thanks for your opinions.

Would this be a good KSA item?????????????????

[NiBullionCu]

Here's what Numismaster (Krause on-line) catalog has for values:

Coin Mintage VF20 XF40 AU50 MS60 MS63 MS64 MS65 MS66 MS67
1918 100,058 100.00 122.00 135.00 150.00 165.00 200.00 565.00 850.00 2,500.00
MS68
35,000.00

[uthminsta]

Not having seen many of them before, it's a little harder to know the important grading points. For instance, how sharply struck were these, typically? But I would go with AU, not seeing any obvious signs of wear on his cheek, his hair, his shoulder. Looking at the reverse, seems like there's a little wear on the neck and breast of the eagle. Again, if it's not sharply struck, those high points might normally be like that even in uncirculated grades... who's an expert here?