Opinions Please - Better Scan of my Seated Liberty 10c - Mirrors and Color Caught

magikbilly

Hi all,
here is a better scan of my Seated 10c . Someone mentioned catching a mirror - the previous scan of this 10c made the toning look so deep and dull that the mirrors appeard obscured. This a new approach than the previos scans. The colors are still accurate.
I am very pleased - it did appear washed out before - comments welcome! Thanks for looking!

Best, and thanks for all the nice words!


1880 Seated Liberty 10c PCGS Pr64

michael

your coin photo looks great and i bet it is much better in person sight seen

a wild SUPERB original coin with great eye appeal and a truly scarce undervalued underrated coin type


I really liked your type set on the registry and i see you are off to a really amazing start!

imagine if there was just a slight increase in demand for these coins!! there would be little to no supply available and i bet you just cant go out and find a coin or two like this that are raw or more than one available in many dealers coin shops and cases

yours looks like an original envelope toned coin that sat for decades in a dealers safe in an envelope carefully preserved for future generations of collectors

the 1880 dime is a really low mintage business strike coin only 37,000 business strike coins made so the proofs are put under considerable pressure from date collectors and combined with the fact that most 1880 proof dimes where carelessly made this year at the mint any proof 1880 dime that is deeply mirrored with good eye appeal and original toning is a real prize!!!!

i think this is why this coin was carefully put away in an envelope in a dealers safe for many decades carefully preserved as such as there where a low mintage business strike and everyone saves the lower mintage coins for posterity thinking someone would need a proof to complete their sets as higher grade business strike coins might not be available

now i am making an educated guess as to being saved by a dealer for decades in an envelope as this coin does look to be like classic envelope toning from the scan and this is how coins where kept by collectors and dealers in the late 19 century and since the larger coins where mostly saved and shown and prized by collectors it makes sence to me that this coin was put away for a long period and saved as such by a dealer as most dealers did do this look at david proksy.......due to the low mintage of the business strikes and just left alone for decades to be rediscovered by a new generation of collectors then with the current market to be slabbed for posterity and appreciated by a new generation of collectors!

many earlier dealers also bought en masse many left over three cent nickels and indian cents in proof from the mint many years after they where minted and again saved for future generations of collectors wayte raymond in the 1920's and 30's had many a proof indian cents saved he bought from other earlier dealers
who in turn got them directly from the mint in the late to early 19 century and he wayte stored them at his home on i think the eastern shoreand many turned different colors and spotted the majority where well not gem today dues to these admospheric conditions but a few really turned out nice with no spots and are technically superb with great eye appeal and these are the coins today that bring the premium prices

but you can always tell oneof these indian cents in proof by the way the coin looks overall and it is neat to know exactly where the coin came from or thereabouts from leftovers from the mint some years after they where struck to david prosky to wayte raymond to i am sure many dealers to YOU if you can reconise the look of a particiular coin




wild!!!!!!!!!!!!!

coins are a journey not a guided tour


michael

magikbilly

Hi Micheal,
wow! Thanks for the great letter! You wrote:



<< <i>a truly scarce undervalued underrated coin type >>


I feel the same way about this and the Barber - I think the Mercurys represent a lot of coin for the money as well.



<< <i>I really liked your type set on the registry and i see you are off to a really amazing start! >>

Thanks - I was very careful when I picked out what to go after. Proof Type 10c seemed to be the best bang for the buck in terms of design, scarcity and affordability.



<< <i>imagine if there was just a slight increase in demand for these coins!! there would be little to no supply available and i bet you just cant go out and find a coin or two like this that are raw or more than one available in many dealers coin shops and cases. The 1880 dime is a really low mintage business strike coin only 37,000 business strike coins made so the proofs are put under considerable pressure from date collectors and combined with the fact that most 1880 proof dimes where carelessly made this year at the mint any proof 1880 dime that is deeply mirrored with good eye appeal and original toning is a real prize!!!! >>


That is what I am hoping I think they are really undervalued. Next I think a Proof Indian 1c and a Proof Barber V5c



<< <i>michael >>



Thanks for taking the time to wtite - I appreciate it.

Best,
Billy

Baley

Nice coin, looks like it was put away for years in an envelope by a dealer, and thus survived to the present day in original toned condition.

The 1880 is a better date in an underrated series.

congratulations!

michael

good luck with your collecting billy!! if you pm me with your e mail i will send you a scan of a toned proof indian cent which you can usually find at many different shows for reasonable money


michael

oreville

Good solid discussion. When Michael is around, good substantive discussion follows!

Nice proof 1880 10c. Great photo too. You captured the relief very nicely.

What is a proof Barber V5c? Are you speaking of the barber 25c or the Liberty Head V 5c (no cents or with cents)?

I do not necessariy agree that all 19th century proofs are a better bang for the buck than their mint state sister coins. This is particularly true of liberty head nickels.

magikbilly

Hi Oreville,
thanks for the nice words about my scan and coin. I was speaking of the Liberty Head nickel - "Barber V 5c". I was speaking in a rather broad sense re my comments about Proofs and the "bang for buck". I was not contrasting them with Mint State coins of the same period - I was speaking very generally.

Best to you,
Billy

michael

i just like the proof coins as they are more flashy and usually cheaper than their much rarer mintstate counterparts

but i like the neat original strongly cameo proofs with deep mirrosrs and maybe not deep cameo but strongly cameoed and if original with good eye appeal and even with blast white surfaces crisp clean nonhazy clear mirrors many collectors justlove the flash and like this they are close tothe rarity of their mintstate counterparts


michael