1840-O seated dime with tall "O" mintmark

BIGEFALLS

Does any one know the value or rarity of an 1840-O seated liberty dime with the tall "O" mintmark?Also does any one collect them as such? Thank you for your time ,and to all that respond. BIGEFALLS

ldhair

Hi and welcome

The Brian Greer book show a small, medium and large O. All are about the same rarity rating.

Walter Breen's book list a tall narrow O. Very rare (#3231).
Over the years many of the coins Breen called rare are now not considered rare.

Sorry don't have a clue on value

JoyofCollecting

Dick Osburn who has quite a few seated dime varieties for sale at dickosburn.com states that the large "O" is scarce. He has one listed in G4/AG3 for $20 which is twice the price he is asking for the small and medium "O" in the same grade.

Even though a scarce variety, 98% of dealers won't pay a premium for these more obscure varieties. If the coin is in a decent enough condition, the best places to sell would be Dick Osburn, Brian Greer, Jim O'Donnell.

If you are considering buying, I think you should be willing to pay a premium....but that premium over the other varieties shouldn't be tremendous because getting on premium on the selling end could be quite difficult.

Good luck.

dorkkarl

reaslistically, it's worth a small prem, not 2x retail.

K S