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1894 S Barber Dime
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Last post didnt work for some reason. Did anyone else get the email from DLRC? Wonder what a coin like that would be worth in today's market. They are accepting serious offers.
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DIMEMAN NEEDS IT FOR HIS COMPLETE DIME SET ASAP!!!
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
how odd. i was just viewing an 1894 s dime, probably this one on the ha.com archives, earlier this evening.
thanks for the link km64
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Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
Far sexier than the 1913 Nickel, IMHO.
<< <i>DIMEMAN just called me and told me he has been saving for this one
I bet Mrs. Dimeman might have a few comments - (1) = Are you completely out of your mind ?
Dimeman's Reply: Ummm, Honey, I might have gone too far over our credit limit !
All I can say is that I am having trouble finding a couple Dimes I need in AU - let alone a BM-PR 64.
Of course, this is the year a 1913 Nickel gets offered... And an 1804 Dollar. Decisions, decisions........
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Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
I would like to own one of these someday. "The ultimate coin" !!!
Good luck to the winning bidder !!!
http://www.davidlawrence.com/content.cfm/page/1894-S-Dime-Pedigree
I didn't realize that the finest known 1894-S had sold for $1.9m.
This slightly exceeds the highest price for the 1873-CC No Arrows dime, so I added this 1894-S to the table of "Highest Prices for US Coins, by Type":
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=879310&STARTPAGE=2
robkool & john9434: This coin is not for sale by auction. It's available by private treaty only so anyone serious is welcome to contact me directly to discuss it.
Thanks again,
John
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<< <i>What is the BM stand for? >>
Bowel Movement, everyone knows that!
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
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<< <i>Good luck with the sale of this one John!
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Thanks Mitch!
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<< <i>Good luck with the sale of this one John!
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Thanks Mitch! >>
You deserve it, which is why you won't need it
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<< <i>$1.375M - or therabouts
Holy smokes, I need this dime for my set.
I figure, if I sell my house, my entire collection (which sorta negates needing this for my dime collection any more), liquidate my 401k, and perhaps win a lotto, I may just be able to afford it!
While at Sumer FUN, there was talk of the 1894-S at DLRC had been sold. Any truth to that rumor ?
I saw the on-line Coin World most recent edition this morning, they had an article on that coin [ a rehash
of what we know - and some odds and ends of what I didn't know ! ]
I find it odd that the US Mint records did not have a listing of the recipients of these coins. Three coins were
given out to eight attendees at the time of the striking. You would think that the decendants of those who were
fortunate to attend the special striking at the San Francisco Mint of an immediate rarity would have made some
sort of memo as to these coins. The article also casts a shadow of a doubt as to whether or not Hallie Daggett
actually received three Dimes as she asserted - which brings me to her hand delivering two MS/PL examples to
a coin dealer in the mid - late 1950's.
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<< <i>$1.375M - or therabouts
Jussssst a little outsideeeee....
To me it is like the 1913 V nickle....not meant for circulation and not to be included in sets.
BUT
I would love to have one!
If I had MFH's money I would call John and make the deal.
<< <i>I'm only a couple million short on having the $$$ for this coin!
To me it is like the 1913 V nickle....not meant for circulation and not to be included in sets.
BUT
I would love to have one!
If I had MFH's money I would call John and make the deal.
Jon... as I always have said ... "If I had your money, I could burn mine"
I'm still waiting for a nice AU 58....
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On the AU58 Dimes.......they seem to be in short supply right now.
Some big news
<< <i>I'm only a couple million short on having the $$$ for this coin!
To me it is like the 1913 V nickle....not meant for circulation and not to be included in sets.
BUT
I would love to have one!
If I had MFH's money I would call John and make the deal.
It is not a coin that I want or need, but does have more legitimacy than the 1913 Liberty Nickel because it was made under government authority, and it does not seem that it was stolen from the mint.
<< <i>All I can say is that I am having trouble finding a couple Dimes I need in AU - let alone a BM-PR 64.
Of course, this is the year a 1913 Nickel gets offered... And an 1804 Dollar. Decisions, decisions........
I'd rather have the Dime then the 1913 nickel or 1804 dollar as next to owning a 1895-O this was the other Barber I drooled over as a YN.
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<< <i>All I can say is that I am having trouble finding a couple Dimes I need in AU - let alone a BM-PR 64.
Of course, this is the year a 1913 Nickel gets offered... And an 1804 Dollar. Decisions, decisions........
I'd rather have the Dime then the 1913 nickel or 1804 dollar as next to owning a 1895-O this was the other Barber I drooled over as a YN. >>
The funny part is my "drool" never got that high when I was a YN. I really wanted an 1909-S Indian cent, and later I started dream of owning stuff like the 1854-D Three Dollar gold and the 1848 CAL quarter eagle. Other things like a Bust dollar in reasonably decent condition (Choice VF) were within my reach. As an adult I've gotten quite a few items that were on my "drool list" and still don't have an attractive for any of the great rarities except the King of Siam Proof set.
Steve
As to the term "Branch Mint Proof," I never saw an 1894-S dime that I thought was a true Proof. IMHO they are just new die Proof-Likes.
TD
<< <i>Is it true that the mint directors daughter spent one on Ice Cream?? >>
Yes and supposed to have been later found in a junk box at the coin department of Gimbels...
"Lawrence-9: Ice Cream Specimen. Good-4 with an old reverse scratch through 'ONE DIME' plus some other light circulation marks on the obverse. Graded VG by New Netherlands. Authenticated after 1980 Steve Ivy sale by ANACS to Numismatic Funding Corp. Even though this is referred to as the famous "Ice Cream Specimen" there's no way to be certain that this is indeed the piece Hallie Daggett spent. Robert Freidberg bought this coin over the counter for $2.40 (24 times face value) at Gimbels Department Store, NY, in 1957. Later: A. Kagin; New Netherlands (1951, lot 581); A. Kagin; Harmer Rooke (Nov. 1969); James G. Johnson; sold for $34,100 at 1980 Steve Ivy ANA Sale (lot 1804); sold for $27,500 by 1981 Bowers & Merena ANA sale (lot 2921); private collector.
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<< <i>Is it true that the mint directors daughter spent one on Ice Cream?? >>
Yes and supposed to have been later found in a junk box at the coin department of Gimbels...
"Lawrence-9: Ice Cream Specimen. Good-4 with an old reverse scratch through 'ONE DIME' plus some other light circulation marks on the obverse. Graded VG by New Netherlands. Authenticated after 1980 Steve Ivy sale by ANACS to Numismatic Funding Corp. Even though this is referred to as the famous "Ice Cream Specimen" there's no way to be certain that this is indeed the piece Hallie Daggett spent. Robert Freidberg bought this coin over the counter for $2.40 (24 times face value) at Gimbels Department Store, NY, in 1957. Later: A. Kagin; New Netherlands (1951, lot 581); A. Kagin; Harmer Rooke (Nov. 1969); James G. Johnson; sold for $34,100 at 1980 Steve Ivy ANA Sale (lot 1804); sold for $27,500 by 1981 Bowers & Merena ANA sale (lot 2921); private collector. >>
There is a gap in that pedigree. I worked with James G. Johnson in 1974, at Coin World, and wanted to see his 1894-S dime, but he had already sold it by then.
TD
<< <i>Mike, you couldn't start a fire with with my money.
On the AU58 Dimes.......they seem to be in short supply right now.
I'm sure I don't know why...
Congrats to Legend on the acquisition of the Daggett Dime. I'm sure their client is beyond thrilled.
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<< <i>No client - we bought it for stock >>
TDN, Is this the same Daggett-Parker-Johnson specimen that was once in a PCGS Proof 65 blue holder
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<< <i>Is it true that the mint directors daughter spent one on Ice Cream?? >>
Yes and supposed to have been later found in a junk box at the coin department of Gimbels...
"Lawrence-9: Ice Cream Specimen. Good-4 with an old reverse scratch through 'ONE DIME' plus some other light circulation marks on the obverse. Graded VG by New Netherlands. Authenticated after 1980 Steve Ivy sale by ANACS to Numismatic Funding Corp. Even though this is referred to as the famous "Ice Cream Specimen" there's no way to be certain that this is indeed the piece Hallie Daggett spent. Robert Freidberg bought this coin over the counter for $2.40 (24 times face value) at Gimbels Department Store, NY, in 1957. Later: A. Kagin; New Netherlands (1951, lot 581); A. Kagin; Harmer Rooke (Nov. 1969); James G. Johnson; sold for $34,100 at 1980 Steve Ivy ANA Sale (lot 1804); sold for $27,500 by 1981 Bowers & Merena ANA sale (lot 2921); private collector. >>
I thought that Friedberg paid a fair price for the coin back then. According to the 1957 Red Book, a Mint State piece was worth $2,500. Of course the number was in italics, which meant "speculative," but still a piece in Good should have been worth $200 to $300 wholesale.
<< <i>He probably didn't check for a mint mark until later. >>
Maybe, but the 1894-O Barber dime had a Red Book Good condition value of $20, which would have encouraged him to look on the reverse. The 1894-P only had a Red Book number of $1.25 ...
I used to see the guys at the Philadelphia Gimbels pay some very low numbers to the public. The more they brought in, the less they paid ... or that's how it seemed.
<< <i>While at Sumer FUN, there was talk of the 1894-S at DLRC had been sold. Any truth to that rumor ?
I find it odd that the US Mint records did not have a listing of the recipients of these coins. Three coins were
given out to eight attendees at the time of the striking. You would think that the decendants of those who were
fortunate to attend the special striking at the San Francisco Mint of an immediate rarity would have made some
sort of memo as to these coins. The article also casts a shadow of a doubt as to whether or not Hallie Daggett
actually received three Dimes as she asserted - which brings me to her hand delivering two MS/PL examples to
a coin dealer in the mid - late 1950's. >>
These coins are not proofs, they were struck for circulation. They were not called proofs until an aution house in the 1940s decided to call them proofs, believing this would bring more money. At the very most, they are called Specimen.
These coins were not given out to 8 attendents, 3 each, that is a Breen theory which is absolutely false.
Hailie Daggett did not receive 3 specimens in 1894. John Daggett (superintendent SF Mint was sick most of 1894). Robert Barnett
was the acting superintendent. Hallie Daggett did not sell Earl Parker 2 specimens in 1948, Parker never said who he purchased from,
I spoke with Ken Jordon who was President of the Rosemont coin club starting in 1959 and personally knew Parker, he stated Parker
never stated Daggett sold the coins. Also, Ben Daggett worked at the SF Mint in 1894, would you give valuable coins to an adult
or 12 year old???? I researched all facts, rumors, lives of those involved for the 1894-S Barber Dime book I wrote in 2005.
Kevin