Bust Dime

[coinsandmedals]

Any idea as to what this dime would grade out at?

 

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u518/coinsandmedals/bustdime002.jpg

 

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u518/coinsandmedals/bustdime003.jpg

 

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u518/coinsandmedals/bustdime001.jpg

[MarkFeld]

My best guess is in tne AU55 range.

 

But frankly, those images are quite poor for purposes of soliciting meaningful grade opinions.

[grip]

At first glance i went with MS 63.But the pictures are of poor quality.

[L1ncolnF4n]

Maybe XF+

 

Looks polished by those pictures.

[James_OldeTowne]

EF/polished for me.

[coinman_23885]

EF/polished for me.

 

+1

[benjmurts]

EF/polished for me.

 

+1

 

almost looks like a proof, AU cleaned ?

[coinman_23885]

EF/polished for me.

 

+1

 

almost looks like a proof, AU cleaned ?

 

The coin does not have the characteristics of a proof, and it's doubtful that the coin is proof like. To be honest, the photographs are lousy, so a lot of the different responses are due to one's interpretation of your photographs and not grading per se. I'm interpreting the coin as having no original mint luster left and being polished. Your description confirms this (or at least limits the probability of my polished determination being incorrect to significantly less than 1%). Also, in order to be classified as an AU coin, there must be a significant amount of original mint luster.

 

With regards to the AU55 guess, I believe that the poster (a well respected numismatist, dealer, and former grader I might) is giving you the benefit of the doubt, assuming that some original mint luster remained. The posters who described it as EF and polished (such as myself) were not. I think your recent comments effectively rule out the problem free assumption, and I think he will amend his guess as such (but I'll let him speak for himself).

[BillJones]

EF/polished for me.

 

+1

 

+2

 

Mint State examples of this coin have more detail.

 

This coin has other issues, but it will give you an idea as the amount of hair these coins had when they were struck.

 

[FishyOne]

Maybe XF+

 

Looks polished by those pictures.

 

 

I agree with this assessment.

 

 

[Walkerfan]

AU 50 and yes it looks polished.