New Beautifully Toned 1885 Seated Dime--Exquisitely Original

airplanenut

If I recall correctly, I first saw this piece in the summer of 2005 when visiting Tumuss' house. I wanted the coin. After well over a year of waiting, with the coin's beautiful, original color and superb lustre imprinted in my mind, I was able to buy it recently, and it just arrived in the mail. Thanks to Tom for taking good care of this lady, and allowing me to take the reins for a while.

I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I do.


PCGS MS63

LeeG

Super example Jeremy! Years ago I bought a New Zealand $1 from Tom. It came in a special presentation case. Still have it to

DUIGUY

WOW !!

Russ

Yum, yum.

Russ, NCNE

ziggy29

Very nice. About the only thing that would make it nicer is an S mint mark.

Leiana

Wow! That is beautiful.

Thank you for sharing, Jeremy!

-Amanda

NumisOxide

Nice color.

It would look better blast white, though.

dizzyfoxx

Absolutely beautiful coin that you should be very happy to own.

RYK

Lovely coin, and great pick-up.

MikeInFL

Yummy!

Please tell me why you think this coin is original. FWIW, I'm not sold, ever, on this type of toning as 100% original and worry when I see coins such as this because of the possibility of speeding up the envelope toning process with heat.

That's not to say this coin is not attractive (it is) or I wouldn't proudly own it (I would love to), but I'm not convinced this is "exquisitely original".

Thanks for sharing....Mike

Craton

You forgot to mention the extremely cool circumstances behind that coins auction Jeremy. That coin was put up for auction and the proceeds were donated to Toys for Tots. A true class act by one of the many big hearted people of the now defunct Open Forum.
Tumuss is THE man!

coinlieutenant

Very nice Jeremy...hold onto that one.

John

lordmarcovan

STONE

Looks a lot better than a 63 IMO.

Super nice coin.

Bruceswar

This is a nice coin. Is the luster whats holding this coin back??

airplanenut

<< <i>You forgot to mention the extremely cool circumstances behind that coins auction Jeremy. That coin was put up for auction and the proceeds were donated to Toys for Tots. A true class act by one of the many big hearted people of the now defunct Open Forum.
Tumuss is THE man! >>

Forgot to mention? Didn't even know! Kudos, Tom!



<< <i>
Please tell me why you think this coin is original. FWIW, I'm not sold, ever, on this type of toning as 100% original and worry when I see coins such as this because of the possibility of speeding up the envelope toning process with heat. >>



Mike, the color progressions are correct, and the colors flow smoothly one to another. Additionally, the the color lies atop the coin and mixes well with the lustre. To me, this coin was simply in the right place for the right amount of time. You can read more here



<< <i> This is a nice coin. Is the luster whats holding this coin back?? >>

The coin is very lustrous. My thoughts are that there are scattered, light marks that got the grade taken down, but no big marks that are individually noticeable. I also think the coin is certainly nice for the grade mark-wise.

Jeremy

etexmike

Very nice coin Jeremy.

Great pics too!

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etexmike

Tassa

Cute.