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1839o Seated Dime. Reverse of '38?
Ebeneezer
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I bought this 1839o, which I lack towards completion of the series. Based on the diagnostics I think this is a reverse of 38 since the "o" is more oval than a regular issue. Perhaps it is my mind saying that it is, but it also looks larger. Almost as big as that in "of". Even still, for $99 dollars in a solid VF25 the price was average for the grade. And yes it's cleaned. Which to me is fine up to point.
So if correct this would be in the $600-650 range. If the consensus agree I'm sending it out for confirmation.
Thoughts?
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Looks like the regular 1839 Large O in Greer's Book. He says there is only 1 die pair and the O on your coin doesn't look like it's in the same location as the 38-O rev. Not seeing the die rust between the ONE and DIME, nor the die crack from Rim to U either
Huge O (rev. of 1838-O) is also tilted to the right, and yours is straight.
And the obverse with the huge O is supposed to be weak - yours is strong.
Maybe F-105?
http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/date_mintmark/1839ovarpage.htm
Yours is the Large O. You can tell by the MM position to the left leg of M in DIME.
I need to find a good book that deals in these exclusively. The way I understood the difference was that the early issues had a lager mint mark, the reverse of 1838, and the later issues the smaller "o". Apparently, after examining several on the PCGS site, there are at least three variations. Small, large (huge) or reverse of 38 according to their respective labels. Which, for me gets confusing. Hence my need for a book.
Still, I'm satisfied with a slot filler for the series. In my mind it was worth the shot. Thanks for the education!
"lager"....hum, my subconscious telling me I need a beer.
I use "A Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Dimes" by Brian Greer. It was very easy to distinguish between the small O, large O, and huge O (rev 1838)
The site I linked is the current most complete reference.
Gerry Fortin calls it his "web book".
Gerry's site/book is really very good.
He has a section on comparing the 1839-O Large O vs. Huge O.
The Large and Huge are perhaps close to the same height, but the huge is wider (has thicker sides).
https://www.seateddimevarieties.com/Basic_Varieties.htm#1839-O
The huge O is a little wider than the left foot of Dime....where the large O isn't. It's easy to see once you look and compare there.