fully/original/toned MONSTER! superb gem proof seated dime 1886 CAMEOED!!

michael

this coin currently makes its home in an ngc proof 67 holder

and is to me a no brainer 68 coin easy any day of the week.

absolutely no marks nicks scratches or hairlines on this coin and of course market graded 67 because of the original toning as currently deep clear mirrors rule the roost and nothing wrong with that
but to penalise a monster original fantastic eye appealling coin like this with only a 67 grade when technically it is a no brainer 68+ coin and eye appeal wise a 68+ coin is a crime!!

but such is the art of grading!! and only the opinion of a service

well, talk about this coin as being undervalued and a sleeper wow!! and with this toning nothing short or monster rare and wild!!!

again
the reason this coin is not in a 68 holder is only one thing the mirrors are milky from the coin being fully original never dipped or played with the coin has developed this thick milky skin over the years and

also has acquired a close to monster album toning on both sides of the rims leading to the centers.


folks this is how a proof seated dime comes to look like that has never been touched, played with, doctored, cleaned since the day it was struck. this coin has never ever been played with nor even soap and watered and never cleaned whatsoever. if there is ever something as a "VIRGIN" coin this is it!!!! this coin was stored properly and was left to its own devices when stored in an album for quite a long time this milkiness is how these coins come looking like original i have seen milky proofs like this on many an original seated proof coin but none with the eye appeal of this coin that is what makes this proof seated dime so special!

take a good look as this is something you do not see everyday. and of course again trite but still true this coin

IS MUCH BETTER IN PERSON
SIGHT SEEN!!!!

the colors of this coin are red!!!! blue, golden/yellow rainbow obverse rim to golden center with the reverse of blue rim color to a whiteish center

again this is a super cherry unmolested never played with proof seated dime. as to why it is not in a 68 holder is beyond me but again i would

rather see this coin as it is currently

undergraded
and under appreciated
and a super sleeper
with extraordinary eye appeal
and not maxed out in its current holder

there is something about this coin that just has a special look to it i have rarely ever seen before in a proof seated dime, but i have seen it in person i guess you need really need to see this coin in person!

this coin currently resides in an eastern collection and i have personally seen this coin and the above thoughts are my own based on 35 years of experience and looking at many thousands of coins
i post this coin on here from this collection that i have examined in the hopes that i can show what some really special pieces look like out of the thousands of coins i have looked at over the years and what to look for in a great coin. and to show that there are great coins out there

there are

crappy coins
average coins
good coins
very good coins
great coins!!

only buy great coins!!!

also as a side note as you can see from the photo the strong cameo both sides, if this coin was dipped and came out with no trace of toning this coin is a no brainer deep cameo proof by the major grading services standards!!!!!!!!!!!! but the toning will not let this coin be grade cameo but that is okie by me as the coin and not the printed words on the holder speaks for itself!!!!!!!!!!!

sincerely michael

Dave99B

Sooooooo oooooriginal, it makes a grown man cry! ---- thx Michael.

Dave

oldcameoproofsguy

That is really beautiful Michael.

You have posted yet another incredible classic proof!

I'll bet this coin is unbelievable held in hand.

kranky

Another great-looking coin, michael!

darktone

yes a very nice coin! I have a 1878 proof 63 and I can only dream about the coin you pictured. mike

abmluce

I'm drooling

DIMEMAN

That is one sweet dime!!!!

Thanks for the pic.

Jon

tjkillian

I like it! Nice coin.

Tom

Trime

Michael,
As always, a really nice coin.
Some day we will get together and share and compare our best selection of SL coins. I have a few PR68s and PR67CAMS that that I think you will like.
Nice to see great coins again on this forum and have some relief from the discusions of the other side of collecting.
The Eastern Collection is mighty fine.

CharlieB

Michael, as usual you have impeccable taste as does the
owner. It's a coin like this that exemplifies the type of
specimens out there we never see. Beauty and originality
like this makes it all the better. I wish
I could go back in time and fast forward through the
history of this coin since the day it was struck at
the mint, who first handled the coin, the
dealers, previous owners, prices paid. I'd be glad to
part with a nice coin out of my collection just to know that.

michael

thanks everyone i apprecaite all the rersponess and charlie i would oove tonow this coins provzanance ! it would to me greatly add to its appeal and treime iwould love to meet you and see all those peroof 68 and 67 cooins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sincerely michael

michael

thansk for all the great responses

sincerely michazel

python

Michael, you have truely amazing coins.

oreville

A loevely coin indeed. Amazing how the toning near the edges are wider on the right side of the coin than the left. Any thoughts on why?

Point of contact with the old album slot?

michael

hi there oreville i think that the coin was put into the album at an angle and this toned the coin moreso on the right side. or the album was stored on its edge and this faciliated the toning on the right side?

but be that as it may this coin would if seen in person would cause sweats........lol

sincerely michael

oreville

michael: Hmmmm....toning due to album stored on the side....never thought of that. Interesting may be some reality to that now for the next thought to ponder....toning goes to center of gravity (downward) as materials in coin album makes contact with coin??

No I am not losing it.......must already be gone.............have to possibly move my Wait Raymomd albums based on the answer.

Gemini

Looks like Jack Frost kissed the surfaces of this one...

michael

oreville i just do not know and maybe the coin album was stored under a readient heat sourse very subielty for many years and this caused the toning this way but who knows? but i have seen fully original oregons really hi grade ALL tone on one side just like this seated dime all the oregions were in their original cardboard holders and only all on one side!

so i bet it is just the way it seems to haoppen i cant explain it just happens this way as over the last 35 years i have seen this many times and after looking at thousands of coins like i have and at a time years ago fully original you gset an eye for waht is right and original

but some i just cant figure out kind of like i know when it is going to rain here where i live cant explain it but living where i do all my life i just know the signs of rain can explain it just feel it and it happens!

also GEMINI IN 35 YEARS OF DOING TONED COINS AND HEARING ALL THE DESCRIPTIONS AS SUCH I MEAN YOURZS IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST OF THIS COIN!!!!!!!!!! I MEAN I COULD SIT HERE AND WRITE PAGES ON HOW THIS COIN LOOKS AND IN YOUR ONE SENTANCE TOLD MORE ABOUT THE OVERALL "LOOK" OF THIS COIN THEN I COULD EVER!!!!!!!!! IN ALL MY YEtrs of reading different descriptions i have never heard it put like that and it sums it up the coin that is 100%

wow wow wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am going to use that!!!!!!!! like jack frost kissed the surfaces of this one it never ceases to amaze me after all the years in the coin game seeing and hearing it all i can still find somethingb to learn that surprises me!!!!!!!!!!

thanks gemini!

sincerely michael

Gemini

Thanks for your kind words Michael...
I really couldn't help myself...
One look at that reverse and all I could think of was a lovely blue and white ice sculpture the kind that one would hope to find on frosty mornings window pane...