Ray, USMC

What are your interest and what are you looking for ?

Sorry but I have two of these and one is MS67FT and the other is MS64FT and I don't collect dimes at all. Best of luck in your search I hope you find one.

!798 has a large number of varieties and I am no expert but I think this is a S-146 1ST Hair variety but I could be wrong.

Now that's the spirit I too would be open to trading and I would offer up I I would be open to any certified coin.

I am a collector of large cents and in my opinion thia would probably be a VF- Details coin. It is a great looking coin and you should be proud to have it. Congratulations

My first question would be , why would participants expect a barter (trade deal) to be backed up by any third party least of all NGC. I would certainly agree that honor and trust would the true issue. These cannot be bought you either have them or you do not. The rest of this post is my opinion on these human traits. I was but a teenager when I joined the Marine Corps and did not yet understand completely how important your honor commitment and trust was in your life. When I came home thinking that those virtues which I held dear to me would be betrayed by an entire country. I learned quickly to not trust anyone and I was becoming bitter, aggressive and often time volant. I was only trusting of fellow Marines. My loving wife was the exact opposite in that she did and still believes everyone is good and basically honest at heart. We could not have been more opposite. Through her and remembering what I saw in the Marines I realized that I was not happy due to the fact I needed to live my life honorably and in order to gain trust I had to give trust. Sounds corny but for me it was true and I think today many years later I am a far better person for it. People cannot hide their true nature and have telltale signs in their conversations and postings that they may not be the person you want to deal with and at that point you have to make a choice to trust or walk away. Rely on your instinct not on a third party to back you up. I have bartered for most of my adult life without a safety net. For me if I choose to participate I would consider my offering a gift to the recipient (sending the item first) until I received their offering. I would never offer something I was not willing to loose. My opinion is the those who participate in good faith would not offer something they only had one of or something they were not willing to risk disappointment. Everything we do in or life is more or less based on trust and honor. This forum and those that participate here are some of the finest people I have had the pleasure of interacting with and so enjoy it. I have made friends with some whom I have never met in person but I am grateful for them. Life is all about choices, trust, honor, and virtue, non of which can be bought or sold. I am sure that any transaction that was not honored by both parties would quickly be exposed . I am sure that there are some that would disagree and that's fine. I cannot stress enough that this post is my opinion and the way I choose to live my life so a barter post would be great for me. In fact I would volunteer to be the first to participate . No expectation of any third party assurances or back up just old fashioned barter between two willing participants. I hope I have been clear to anyone who reads this post. This is supposed to be interesting and fun I would think. Some one needs to start the trading.

Well said and never give up the quest.

Why would we have to wait on NGC to create or add a "Trading Post" ? Couldn't we just start trading between willing members and use the market place thread after all barter is an accepted form of buying and selling isn't it ? I think anyone who wants to give it a try should start it and possibly more user/members would join in although it may be an invitation to Trolls. Caution would need to be exercised by all participants I would think. Question for Six Mile Rick: Any particular clad dime FT you are looking for ? What grades are you looking for ? Any specific MM ?

I would be in for that. I think that is a great suggestion. Maybe they would consider that.

I don't know why the double post, sorry in advance. Fat fingers I guess.

This is a real deal for sure. And yes the breast is exposed.

This is a real deal coin for sure.

Spectacular coin.

Because I dislike the whole stapling thing I have always used non-pvc flips because of stapling and all the other reasons you listed above. My opinion is you are making a good choice.

Mint state or proof .

The process described above works on all holders including NGC even Mint holders. I have not damaged a single coin . I am not saying it can't happen just not to me. If you do this exercise caution.. This is not endorsement of the process just what I have had success with myself. As is with all techniques there is risk.

"No Significant Proof Found" ?

" No Specific Purity Found " ?

I have cracked out many coins and this is what I do. I use a razor knife with a new blade and cut the face of the slab following the inside of the raised outer edge of the holder. The face and the back of the holder is the thinnest part of of the holder and therefore does not require much pressure to cut thru it. It is also the furthest point from the coin. I place the holder on a slab of hardwood and cut all 4 sides. The face is easily removed without disturbing the coin at all. This has worked for me, you must use caution because the coin will fall out easily. I will tell you I am not an engineer but I am a lifelong mechanic so I am very accustomed to undoing the nightmares engineers create. I am only saying that this technique has worked for me, you decide if it will work for you. I was very nervous the first time but it worked so well I find it extremely easy to do..

My vote is IGNORE!!!

1986 what ? There are a lot of 1986 coins Which one are toy inquiring about. ?

It's a shame an original of this coin in this condition would be a spectacular find.

I would agree. No edge lettering indicates Fake or attempted copy. but not anything I can find for this coin with reed edge. The left side of the reverse olive leaves are missing leaves and the positioning does not look properly spaced. The right side also appear to be to blunt and not sharply pointed. The top of the left wing looks much less defined that I would expect from an example of this quality.

The edge of this coin should have lettering on the edge reading HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT with decorations between the words. It appears to be a 1795 Draped bust small eagle dollar ( bust left) BB-51, B-14) variety., IMO. I have concerns about the left side olive branch leaves and the eagles wing. I am certainly not an expert and I am only giving you my opinion. There were only 42,738 of these minted and this was the first year of the draped bust dollar which was minted from 1795-1804. I am sure there are many more knowledgeable people on this forum who can give you more details. I tend to be more cautious than most which is why I brought up my concerns about the olive branches and the wing. I cannot blow this picture up enough to see the areas of concern and I cannot stress enough this is only my opinion. Thanks and welcome to the forum.