Grade this Seated Liberty Dime and/or guess the grade
mercurydimeguy
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I think this is the first one of these I've ever done, but I thought we'd have fun with this one. Coin is in a PCGS holder:
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Minus: Chatter in the fields.
Neutral: Color (nice on rim, discoloration of head)
I'd give it a 64.
It's ok to guess higher now, but don't copy Goose3 and guess higher than the previous two respondents had.
roadrunner
Oh, nice coin too.
Ray
Intresting!!
jim
This is a 64, without the photography abilities displayed by the OP.
Unfortunately most MS-64 graded Legend Obverse dimes are not this nice.
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<< <i>Slight weakness in the head? >>
I don't think that you have seen that many Legend Obverse dimes. Many of them are as bad as Standing Liberty quarters when it comes to the head area.
As for the overall quality of this coin, I had to look long and hard to find an MS-64 graded pieces that was better than this. When I found it, I paid $100 over bid. Since it was for my collection and not the business, that was OK.
<< <i>I don't think that you have seen that many Legend Obverse dimes. >>
That is correct, although the one posted by TommyType looks stronger (perhaps due to the coloration) and doesn't have all the chatter in the obverse field on the right that the subject coin does.
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Dullness can come from worn dies or being dipped for too long or too many times.
Nice coin. Is that a clash mark or a die crack in "NITED STA"?
Thanks for sharing!...Mike
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<< <i>I don't think that you have seen that many Legend Obverse dimes. >>
That is correct, although the one posted by TommyType looks stronger (perhaps due to the coloration) and doesn't have all the chatter in the obverse field on the right that the subject coin does. >>
I can take the picture at such an angle that you won't see any chatter in the fields
Instead, with this coin and the "honesty" of the picture, what you see is what you get. In hand the coin is just a "little" better because the holder has some usual abrasions on it.
Yes, Mike, there are some neat die cracks on the coin which aren't really that uncommon.
roadrunner
Looks 63 to me.
Ken
Beautiful coin though. Looks to have some light lavendar toning to it.
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As Bill Jones said, the head is softly struck on many Seated Dimes (I have a toned 1886 P in a PC 6 holder and the head is not quite fully struck). But of the late dated Seated Dimes, the 87 P has the worst strike on the head I've seen. Perhaps this coin is from an early die state.
PS: Like the die crack; don't see many of them on late date Seated material.
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Wow, this has been great. Thanks for all your comments!
This tale ends with the story of buy the coin and not the holder. I would have had no problem buying this coin (raw) at either a premium 63 price or discount 64 price. On any given day it could grade either a 63 or a 64 at PCGS (probably a 64...it has a good deal of eye appeal that might/might not come through in a photograph...and PCGS is kind to coins with nice eye appeal).
The plastic grade is PCGS MS62 and thus when the dealer asked $145 for this coin, and I've been looking for a nice example for my Type Set, it took me all of about 0.5 seconds to make a decision to buy it
I feel bad for the original submitter of this coin. though, because PCGS was a bit harsh with the MS62 assigned grade.