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One of the best looking Draped Bust Dimes I have seen - care to "guess the grade"?

coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
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Not for sale, but what an obverse! Go ahead and "gues the grade" if you care to......

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  • WisconsinWisconsin Posts: 645
    ms62
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  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dang! AU55?
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  • Crazy4CoinsCrazy4Coins Posts: 1,922 ✭✭✭
    I really have know idea.I would guess to say AU55.

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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    63
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  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
    64
  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AU55 very nice Draped Bust Dime.
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AU58.

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  • rainbowroosierainbowroosie Posts: 4,874 ✭✭✭✭
    58/62
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  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AU-55 with MS-63 Eye Appeal!!

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  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    AU-58, and a very nice coin.

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  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭
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    42/92
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Absolutely spectacular coin image

    Technically, AU53-55.

    Market graded? I Love it all the way up to AU58, only like it at low MS grades, say up to 62.
    Not crazy about it at 63 or higher money.

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  • PreTurbPreTurb Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭
    50
  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    58
  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    AU58, probably slabbed as MS64.
  • CaseyCasey Posts: 1,502 ✭✭
    Awesome! My guess 55-58.
  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a beauty Mark image. If the luster is decent call it an AU-55
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  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,143 ✭✭✭✭
    Very nice I would say AU-58

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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    I'd go 62
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  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dang, I guess I'm a bit tough on it. I'd say more of a 45 to 50. Looks like some wear on the drape, hair as well as the eagles wings and tail. Too much to consider it a mint state.

    But it is real purdy.
  • AndroidAndroid Posts: 726 ✭
    AU58.
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  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    Mark: Without looking at any of the other responses, I'll say AU55. What a BEAUTY!image
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  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

  • RickMilauskasRickMilauskas Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭
    AU 58

    Nice!
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    Since weak strikes are the norm for these issues, It's hard to tell if it's AU or not. However, even if it is AU, I'd give it a market grade of 63.


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  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So whats the grade? (In the TPG's opinion)
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    The grade: PCGS AU58, though I think it could go 61 or 62 on a "good" day.

    In all seriousness, I believe that anyone who guessed AU55 or lower was being too harsh. There is little, if any, obvious wear on the coin, as per the images.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    MARK, WE ARE VERY HARSH PEOPLE HERE.image
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  • techefftecheff Posts: 2,285
    Not for sale

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    Nice coin Mark! image
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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the grading game Mark!

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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,961 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did not get to take this test but i agree with Mark's analysis. The key is if the high points wear or loss of luster is covered up well enough by the toning and also the overall eye appeal of the coin.
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  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just bought an Unc. of this date. I've seen six of them and read about the coin before making an offer on it.
    This is a very rare early die state 1807 Dime. Most of them have strong to very severe clash marks in the obverse field to the viewer's right between the upper part of Miss Liberty's face and the rim.

    Only one set of dies was used to mint all 1807 Dimes, and many of the Unc. later die state coins are missing all sorts of detail, and look rather unattractive in general.

    I see slight wear in one of the curls near Miss Liberty's ear. There also appear to be some slight luster breaks on Miss Liberty's face and neck. Agree with the PCGS grade, and also Mark's assessment of the coin.

    This is why when I am buying an Unc., I try not to go lower than an MS 63. I have found in the MS 60-MS 62 range, what's usually there is either a market-graded AU 58 or a really ugly coin; usually the former.
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wasn't the reverse die also used to strike quarter eagles?

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  • morgannut2morgannut2 Posts: 4,293 ✭
    I'd don't think a technical grade of AU-55 is too harsh, given the hits from circulation on the cheek and light wear. I can see going AU-58 as a market grade given the coin's beauty, but still prefer to let the auctions set prices rather than having the eye appeal set the grade/expected value. As for MS-62, if it's got wear it's got wear--sad in this case, but the grade won't change that.
    morgannut2
  • MadMonkMadMonk Posts: 3,743 ✭
    Very nice. I'll take a stab at AU-50 (I cant tell anything about the luster)
    Damn that's nice!
    What do you think the Market Value is for THAT particular coin?
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  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭


    << <i>What do you think the Market Value is for THAT particular coin? >>

    MadMonk, it realized $4025 at auction last week, against a CDN price of $3200 in MS60
  • morgannut2morgannut2 Posts: 4,293 ✭
    We keep getting posts as to how the coin market is overheated and prices are too high. In part I agree, but I think this post by Coinguy1 and another earlier one by him, with a magnificently toned seated coin-- shows something else. I really think collectors have in the past 2 years become more sophisticated. There is no longer a strict worship of the best grade and Registry nimber. Instead collectors are slowly realizing the certain eye appealing and original coins are just plan hard to find. So forget the darn PCGS opinion/price guide; when a real original beauty shows up, it's going for absolute top dollar now to an increasingly more sophistiacted collector. The days of the dipped, white, ex:crackout coin getting top dollar are on the wain IMHO. Another smart example by Coinguy of what to by with real quality.
    morgannut2

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