Couple of new seated dimes

rhedden

Here are a couple of Seated dimes I picked up today (seller's photos). Paid retail for them from a well-known dealer's website, which is against my nature, but I thought these two were particularly nice. The 1839-P was graded AU-55, but I put it at AU-50, with a nice strike. The 1851-O is just a difficult issue to obtain. It was graded at EF-40, though some might argue it is VF-35. I like this particular coin because it has nice, even color and is free from nicks and cuts. Very few of these appear at auction in any grade, and I would rather have this date than an 1849-O, which seems to be commoner than its reputation would indicate (seated dime collectors may want to comment on that). Hope you liked seeing these.

Cladiator

Very nice! Stuffed full of character, both of them. I can't wait to see your images with the woodgrain background

NumisOxide

Ron,

Very pleasing examples. I like them.

291fifth

Nice coins. I agree with your grades, not the dealer's. No surprise there.

tjkillian

Great dimes, you can't ever go wrong with a Seated coin. Both look original and unmolested.

Congratulations!

BECOKA

Very nice, I hope to add similar grade and condition to my type set in the next year.

Congrats.

Barry

Nice!

GoldenEyeNumismatics

very pretty!

lordmarcovan

What Cladiator said.

I love those O-mintmarks for some reason. Particularly when it's inside the wreath.

rhedden

I received both of these today. The 1839 has gorgeous gunmetal blue rim toing on the obverse, and a bit on the reverse, which doesn't show in the pics. It's a very choice AU-50, with not a hairline to be found in the fields. Definitely a coin that most forum members would approve of (you toning fanatics). I still grade it AU-50, not 55, due to obvious wear on Liberty's knee, but it would be difficult to find a nicer one for the grade.

The 1851-O is just as nice as its picture suggests, evenly worn and without distracting marks. Ever look at the PCGS populations on the 1851-O dime? I will speculate again that this issue is much scarcer than the 1849-O in all grades above VG. The PCGS pop. report would seem to support that assertion. Just go to any Seated dealer's table at a show, or Dick Osburn's website, or the Seated dime category on ebay, and you'll see numerous examples of the 1849-O for sale, but few 1851-O. Any 1851-O offered for sale is likely to be ugly, cleaned, or worn out. I don't feel too bad about overpaying for this one.

seateddime

Don't let the number of 49 O's on ebay fool you. I have starting to sell some duplicates and have put up 6 49 O's. I have not started to list 51 O's yet.

The 51 O however is only slightly more common in f-xf, once you get into AU the 49 O is even harder. As for an UNC both are really rare coins to come by.

The prices on the 49 O's sometimes tend to bring more to market. The 51 O is really underpriced.