Seated Dimes. Please share your favorites. 1 1

[ldhair]

  I'll start with this little lady. I bought it as an AU but it came back as 62.

 

[Coinbuf]

I am a fan of the seated design, but I only have a few type examples of each denomination in my collection.   I would enjoy putting together a nice date run of dimes or half dimes someday, not sure if that will ever happen given my appetite for other series.   I bought this coin from Gerry about a year or two back, these are photos taken by Mark Goodman.

 

[robec1347]

My only one….for Type. AU55

[Sandon]

   So far no one has posted an example of the Stars Obverse (1838-60) type.  Here's an 1845 NGC graded MS 63, my only uncirculated specimen of this type.

 

 

(Photos courtesy of Stack's Bowers Galleries.)

[Coinbuf]

I have always wanted a no stars type, this early design is so clean and seems less cluttered to my eye on a small coin.   So when this was offered on the BST ats I was happy to add it to my collection, the NOLA mintmark is also cool as I believe this was the first year for dime production at the NOLA mint.  Photos curtesy of the PCGS member that I bought it from.

[ldhair]

This one is special to me even with the damage.

I believe it's the Huge O Reverse of 1838-O

 

 

[zadok]

On 11/15/2022 at 2:18 PM, ldhair said:

This one is special to me even with the damage.

I believe it's the Huge O Reverse of 1838-O

 

 

...appears to be the fortin 108 variety, huge 0 or also known as very large 0 , tuff variety to locate, the damage is minimal for this variety....

[Sandon]

   While the originally posted 1866-S is scarce, especially in higher grades, here's one of mine that I'm sure even Gerry Fortin doesn't get to handle very often, an 1885-S!  This coin is graded F 15 by PCGS. I've been proud to own it since 1999.

 

 

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[Coinbuf]

This is the w/arrows type coin in my 7070 album, somewhat crusty looking but cleaned and retoned.

Edited November 17, 2022 by Coinbuf

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[ldhair]

[ldhair]

This is an interesting coin with a sad history. 

The obverse was struck with a rusty die but the coin was left in a PVC auction flip for many years. The PVC damaged the coin. The 49-O is a really tough coin but the damage killed it. It will never straight grade.

 

[Hoghead515]

Hope this is allowed in this thread. This is the closest thing Ive got is a half dime. I do got a cc seated dime but its worn so bad you can almost see through it. I cant remember the date but its in a flip hidden somewhere in the house. Its a miracle you can still see the cc. Its very circulated. 

 

Photo courtesy by HH Amature Photography. 

I really need to find a way to get better pictures. Been thinking about trying to get a good camera. Sorry they are so sloppy. I just got a phone camera and it will not take a good picture at all. 

[Henri Charriere]

On 11/17/2022 at 8:11 AM, ldhair said:

This is an interesting coin with a sad history....  It will never straight grade.

 

Split-grade city.  As regarding the reverse, I award it an AU-58. (That ought to keep the nitpicker's over "wear" on the highlights at bay.) My sincere condolences on the obverse. 

[Henri Charriere]

@Sandon:

All my fault.  The guys warned me about opening a can of soda pop in the work area.  Nobody noticed the damage until the damage was done.  

[ldhair]

[Henri Charriere]

On 11/15/2022 at 4:02 PM, zadok said:

...appears to be the fortin 108 variety, huge 0 or also known as very large 0 , tuff variety to locate, the damage is minimal for this variety....

I am afraid I am going to have to break with tradition here and take exception to the insidious insinuation seamlessly slipped in here, as illustrated with the following dialogue:

Q.A.:  This [fortin 108 varieties] one of yours?

🐓 :  Yeah, why?

Q.A.:  You saw the memo!  Any damage to these [108s] must be avoided entirely or, absent that, kept to an absolute minimum.  No exceptions!

To what authoritative source do you attribute this highly subjective conjecture masquerading as fact?  Not even a coelacanth has been around long enough to have conducted a personal inspection of every member of this sub-fraternity known to man, to date.  How would we know a proof die crack devotee hasn't similarly developed an affinity for this variety and accumulated a multi-generational hoard of same.  

 

 

Edited January 1, 2023 by Quintus Arrius
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[ldhair]