"BENSON" ??

marz

cAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT OR WHO IS "BENSON" ? i BID ON A COUPLE OF PCGS MERCURY DIMES WITH THIS NOTATION. THANKS I'M DUMB AND NEW.

kieferscoins

the answer

Cameron Kiefer

mrearlygold

Isn't he a jazz guy?

Tom

marz

ok, I bid and i'll bite! What the heck are "sample slabs" and how rare are these???

kryptonitecomics

I own about 6 Benson Pedigree coins including a Mercury Dime. Nice coins, but no better than typical coins in grade. I bought them for decent prices and probably only paid a slight markup if any for the Pedigree. I always wanted to own some Pedigreed coins and since Benson coins are all over Ebay at affordable prices, I went ahead and snagged a few.

prooflike

Many of the ebay "Bensons" come from rolls he collected... that is why there are sooooo many and average for the grade/date

marz

I found your link~ thanks

marz

Looks like an " L-82" ??? no?






<< <i>I own about 6 Benson Pedigree coins including a Mercury Dime. Nice coins, but no better than typical coins in grade. I bought them for decent prices and probably only paid a slight markup if any for the Pedigree. I always wanted to own some Pedigreed coins and since Benson coins are all over Ebay at affordable prices, I went ahead and snagged a few. >>

dorkkarl

don't pay a premium for "benson" being on the holder.

K S

braddick

<< <i>don't pay a premium for "benson" being on the holder.

K S >>

I thought you believed you simply don't pay a premium for the holder, period?

braddick

Oh, and "Benson"?

Slightly overrated show from the 70's.
Didn't his costar recently pass?

GoYankees

Benson was funny on Soap.

The Governor's assistant in the TV show Benson played "Odo" in Star Trek: DS nine.

As for pedigrees, I could care less who owned a coin in the past. The only owner I'm concerned about is me.

100proof1957

oh

Robert Guillem ?

kryptonitecomics

<< <i>Looks like an " L-82" ??? no?




>>



Yes.

dorkkarl

<< <i><< don't pay a premium for "benson" being on the holder.

K S >>

I thought you believed you simply don't pay a premium for the holder, period? >>

of course i do. in fact, it goes w/out saying.

K S

SamThompson

I was just looking at this auction too, it's for a bunch of MS66 benson dimes


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3924133480&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

jom

Like I said in that other thread the 19th century stuff was pretty good but the 20th Century material was just ordinary as I recall. The sales were conducted by Goldberg in 2001 and 2002. I thought there was to be a Part 3 but it hasn't happened yet (or I was wrong about there being a Part 3).

Goldbergs

jom

JrGMan2004

Do not pay a premium for Benson coins... while there are some nice ones out there pedigreed to him, they were submitted in rolls to PCGS. I have one Benson in my collection, a 1944-S in MS65. Bought it for a little less than greysheet and it has some nice little flecks of toning around the rims, probally because of being stored in a roll for so many years...

EagleEye

For the Indian Cents, the "Benson" pedigree is actually Howard Newcomb, the guy who wrote the book on middle date large cents. PCGS has and will change the pedigree to Newcomb if you have a Benson Indian Cent.

commemguy

Many Benson coins, especially the early type coins, seated liberty and barber coins, exhibit very dramatic album toning. These coins are worth a premium for their superior eye appeal, rather than trading for a premium for their pedigree alone. Many of the mid-twentieth century coins are mostly untoned, and/or not special, and shouldn't be valued higher than a comparable coin without a pedigree.

Benson collection examples:

marz

<< <i>I was just looking at this auction too, it's for a bunch of MS66 benson dimes


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3924133480&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT >>




I won the ms67's. I'll put them away for my children's college fund! I want a few war nickels-Benson's in MS 67 holders!

100proof1957

Tom,

Thats "George Benson"

JustBustDimes

Greetings,

I remember the Benson sales. I looked at the coins even before they were slabbed. The lots ranged from common to amazing.

Some of the coins made it into the 2005 Red Book. Specifically, the Capped Bust Dimes pages 128-129.

This is the only Benson coin I own. It is the Large Date example on page 129. This image is on a number of websites.

Here is my image....





Benson Dime

Thanks,

Kirk

About Rare Coins

I am having problems getting the image to show... Any help?

JustBustDimes

Greetings,

I remember the Benson sales. I looked at the coins even before they were slabbed. The lots ranged from common to amazing.

Some of the coins made it into the 2005 Red Book. Specifically, the Capped Bust Dimes pages 128-129.

This is the only Benson coin I own. It is the Large Date example on page 129. This image is on a number of websites.

Here is my image....



Got it!


Thanks,

Kirk

About Rare Coins

lordmarcovan

Benson pedigrees are pretty common, but try finding the other half, some time... that "Hedges" pedigree is really tough!

lordmarcovan

This PCGS PR63 CAM Barber half I owned has a Benson pedigree.



That's an absolutely wretched picture of it, actually, done on a cheap scanner. In person, it had awesome cameo contrast, particularly on the reverse, that made it look almost like a modern silver round.

Here's my old icon picture of it.

marz

I read through your ME thingy! Nice Barber Hedges by the way! Where is the link to your registered stuff? thanks for the humour. I got ripped off on the bensons but who cares! I have dependants that will live long enough to make it up!

lordmarcovan

Registry Sets? I no longer have any.

I no longer have that coin, either.

marz

I am still looking for some ms-67 Bensons! Dimes and Nickels if anyone has some to sell!

dorkkarl

i was not at the benson sale, but have been offered numerous benson coins. it's surprising how many of them are flat-out ugly. but your right, a lot of them are truly stunning as well.

K S