Seated Dimes: 1840-O die variety set with nice images

Dismeguy

Fellow seated variety collectors....

Yes, it was me who bought the Heritage Long Beach 1840-O dime graded PCGS MS61. Dick Osburn previewed the dime and called it MS63/MS64 strike and surfaces without luster thus the grade. Indeed $6900 is moon money for a low end 1840-O mint state dime these days, but I am on a mission to build a variety set with all dimes being AU or better. Clearly I cannot affored the MS64 and MS65 grades that were on the market recently. This is insanity when trying to build a date level variety set. But as a common guy, my 1840-O variety set is advanced and I though it would be nice to share the set with PCGS forum members. You will note that I'm still missing the F-107 variety. So here goes...

The Gerry Fortin 1840-O Die Variety Collection


F-101 Large O PCGS AU58 Former Greer Plate Coin



F-102 Large O EF45+ Original and Well Struck



F-102a Large O with Reverse Cud VF30



F-103 Small O of 1839 PCGS MS62 Ex Lovejoy
*****This one is an upgrade candidate****



F-103 Small O of 1839 with Reverse Rim Cuds EF45 Found by Liz Coggins at JJ Teaparty



F-104 Small O VF20



F-104a Small O Late Die State EF45+



F-105 Large O Late Die State EF45+



F-106 Medium O Late Die State EF45 Former Greer Plate Coin



F-108 Medium O NGC MS62



F-109 Small O VF30 ****This dime will be upgraded with the PCGS MS61 purchase*********



F-109a Small O Late Die State ANACS AU53



F-110 Small O



F-110a Small O Late Die State AU50



F-111 Small O PCGS AU55




Your comments or thoughts would be appreciated.

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RichieURich

Man, what a super set, great conditions too! How many total die varieties are there in the Seated dime series?

coinman420

sweet set, how long have you worked on the set?

speety

Impressive set!

TheRegulator

I know pretty much nothing about early dimes and seated coinage, but just wanted to say thanks for a great post. One of the great things about this forum is seeing informative posts by enthusiastic collectors. Wonderful coins and varieties. What are the diagnostics for the varieties and attribution elements to look for within the series? Once again, thanks for posting...

seateddime

enthusiastic collector is major understatement when it comes to Gerry and his dimes

Dismeguy

The 1840-O set in this post is about 17 years of effort... You can find an 1840-O dime on eBay on most days, but always in grades of Good-Fine. In problem free EF or better, the 1840-O date is a major challenge just to locate one nice example. Now multiple that by 15 different varieties or major die states and the challenge become formidable. As stated in the first post, the goal is for a complete variety set in AU or better grades. I really doubt that it will be achievable in my lifetime unless I can get several of the New Orleans collectors to free up some of their coins.

Mint state examples are have risen in price during the past two years and the pricing guides are way off.... If you can buy a MS63 certified 1840-O dime (PCGS or NGC) for $2500, then buy as many as the seller has.......

As for the seated dime series, there are at least a 1000+ varieties. I've tried to make variety collecting an achievable challenge by publishing the Top 100 Seated Dime Varieties. I'm sure that many PCGS forum readers are well aware of the Top 100 as are the members of the LSCC.