Capped bust dime... Type Set Upgrade! Guess the NGC grade

Baley

So here's the dime page, the current "weakest link" is of course the bust dime at extra fine or so:



well, this arrives today, it's at present in an NGC holder:



comments? guess the grade? should I crack it out?

goose3

58 or 63

ziggy29

58, and if so, I'm assuming you don't want to sell it.

coinbuf

58 and I would not crack it.

Chris

oreville

AU-50/53.

mgoodm3

Very nice. 58

Betta285

Beautiful coin!! I'd guess AU 55... Crack that sucka out!!!

jim

ms70

MS60.

tmot99

looks AU55 to me. A lot of chatter in the fields. I would crack it. I cracked an MS62 for my book.

CalGold

The surfaces look pitted, like a cast coin or one that was buried and curated. My guess is that this has spent time a NCS. Grade, AU details net VF 35. But since NGC doesn't net grade that can't be correct.

CG

Barry

63

SDCollector

Definitely crack it out...but you knew I was going to say that. And your XF bust dime would look very nice on my page . That XF in your album would be a nice upgrade for me, but that price jumb from F/VF to XF is a little too much for my budget. Here's mine:

Baley

thanks for your responses, got a wide range of guesses from VF35 to MS63, here's the answer:



congrats oreville for seeing the obverse circulation marks, and recognizing that the reverse is better (I think that's what your split grade meant, as opposed to AU50-53)(actually IMO the reverse is an easy 55 and makes a decent case for 58) the obverse is of 50 to 53 quality depending on how strict you are, and possibly 55 at a "looser" service than NGC.

the coin appears to have been dipped at some point but not recently, it is pale golden, and considerable luster remains around the stars on the obverse, say 50% or so, and 90% of the reverse fields are lusterous.

the strike is solid, with all the star centrils defined and the high points of the feathers struck up. There is a trace of wear on the eagle's talons and other highpoints.

blown up to the size of a baseball, this dime looks a little rough, esp. the obverse, but actual size in the album, I think it will work out for me.

sliderider

Honestly, even though I saw the darkness in the fields (my first thought was bagmarks), I still thought it was a pretty coin. I think 53 is a little low. It might come back 55-58, but I have MS Morgans with bagmarks, so who knows?

oreville

Baley:

I thought I did the split grade of AU 50/53.

Of course personal inspection is always best. Sometimes we do get lucky with our guesses from a picture.

Yes I did the split grade since the reverse on these dimes do often seem to hold up better than the obverse.

JrGMan2004

I like the coin in that's already in your Dansco MUCH MUCH better...

dorkkarl

my guess would of been au-55. from what shows in the digi-pics, ngc was a tad conservative.

great coin!!!

K S

uncleb

Your new coin looks a whole lot better than the last NGC AU58 I purchased, which was probably an NCS graduate. I think your slab badly needed a polishing to remove scratches (which look like marks on the coin), but I suspect the slab is no longer an issue! Right?

The new arrival looks like a JR1, R-3. Care to let me see a big pic the poor, fallen, homeless warrior to see what die pair it is?

Baley

I like the coin in that's already in your Dansco MUCH MUCH better...

you dig that dark toning, even if the coin has a bit more wear, eh!

your slab badly needed a polishing to remove scratches (which look like marks on the coin), but I suspect the slab is no longer an issue! Right?

yes, the plastic is a little scratched, as I believe it is several years old.
I will break this one out presently and will be able to take better pictures then.

Care to let me see a big pic

best i can do for now..





exactly 50kb each

1907Quarter

Baley-I'm a little torn and in part I would have to go with jr on your present xf, a beautiful coin that appears much more original...the au53 has a lot more detail and accompanying luster. decisions, decisions!

TonedCoinTrader

Crack that Suckka Place it and Let it Tone!!!!

uncleb

<< <i>Care to let me see a big pic best i can do for now.. >>



No, of the one you are replacing. It could be a good die pair, even if it no longer qualifies for your type set.

Baley

ahh, let me see..

it might be one of these..

Baley

no, those were previous coins that were replaced when I got my other '33

here is is, need to make better pics of this one..