bust dime, remarks?

1907Quarter

This one caught my eye. What are the blotches? Overall grade?bust dime

airplanenut

The blotches look like carbon, but very well may be pitting... I can't tell exactly from the pic... I would say VF is fair.

Jeremy

nwcs

I don't see any signs of remaining luster as they said. Could be the pic. The seller said "coin saw very little commercial circulation" but it looks like VF to me. That'd be a lot of circulation

Steve27

The blotches are just uneven toning, not carbon spots or pitting, and VF seems reasonable.

coinnerd

Low end VF There is a spot of green corrosion between the stars at 3:00 near the rim. Seems over priced at BIN amount. The other blotches seem to be toning spots. A coin this worn won't have any luster. Any shine is probably a cleaning.

KlectorKid

looks cleaned from the darkness near stars and legend.. the spots might be stains that didnt come off in the dipping

BillJones

Fine-Very Fine, lightly cleaned. Not a bad coin for this level of preservation. The current price of $27 is fair. It may go for a few bucks more.

dorkkarl

weak vf at best, i'd think fine+. why? borderline vf detail, but very poor color (white), poor reverse dentilation, obv corrosion spot. also, it's a common variety. you could pick this up at a show for < $25.

K S

airplanenut

<< <i>Fine-Very Fine, lightly cleaned. Not a bad coin for this level of preservation. The current price of $27 is fair. It may go for a few bucks more. >>


Bill- it's a reserve and no one has bid even $27...

KlectorKid

Airplane i think u mis-understood it really is at $27 not that any 1 has bid or anything though but it is a fair price.

berylcoin

As a comparison, my local dealer recently had a capped bust dime he graded F/VF F15 which had perhaps slightly better detail and a no-questions original look for around $30, I believe. I can't recall the date, though. Moral of the story: There are nicer ones around for comparable money.

What year did they start striking these with a close collar?

BC

lordmarcovan

Aside from the specks, whatever they are, it's not too bad looking, I'd say. I would have said F15, maybe a low-end VF20 on a good day, which appears to be in line with the other opinions.

One has to wonder what the reserve is, though.

dorkkarl

in 1828, the mint began producing dimes w/ a closed-collar press. note that that's 1 reason why you ought to look for excellent dentilation on such a coin, if it grades fine or better, imo.

K S

itsnotjustme

I think the reverse detail is F15. Obverse probably is VF. That green spot at 3 o'clock would keep me away.

I'd suspect the seller would have his reserve at least $35-40 (GS Bid arena). I'd pass.