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proof or business strike

seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
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I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org

Buying top quality Seated Dimes in Gem BU and Proof.

Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.

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  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    b.s. struck from proof dies
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    My guess is.......that's a tough one.

    What I am fairly certain of is that this coin has been cleaned in the past, and I don't necessarily mean the die flow lines or possibly hairlines on the reverse field from pic#1.
    The obverse shows definite hairlining.

    I might call this one an impared proof from the image.
  • SirAnthonyACSirAnthonyAC Posts: 646
    Freaking gorgeous coin!

    I'd lean toward a business strike that was most likely polished or rubbed a bit too much with a not-so-soft cloth, thus the parallel hairlines on the obverse.

    Even so, congrats on a super sharp addition to your collection!
  • coolestcoolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    In my opinion you have to say it is a Proof until you can find some business strike die markers.
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,818 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting rim... OK, I'll go "proof" but I also think there's a 50/50 chance I'm wrong.

    peacockcoins

  • abitofthisabitofthatabitofthisabitofthat Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭
    Cleaned business strike.

    merse

  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I vote business strike. A proof example would show reflective surfaces between the vertical pales of the shield. Those surfaces are on the same plane of the die as the fields, and would not have the frosted, or matte look.

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
    http://www.american-legacy-coins.com

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Business strike.

    BTW, you freaked me out on this one. I recognized the die polish on the top of the reverse and knew the date before I even started scrolling down. What a waste of brain cells!
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • duck620duck620 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭✭
    BS,CLEANED.image
  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Business strike
  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Another vote for Business Strike.

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    It's not a dime but it's a proof example I just shot for another forum member. Hope he does not mind me posting it.

    From this example I'm thinking yours is a business strike.

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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭


    << <i>In my opinion you have to say it is a Proof until you can find some business strike die markers. >>



    This coin has the business strike die markers, it was rumored that proofs too were struck from these dies but none have seemed to surface. The coin was removed (by me) from a ANACS proof holder.

    The coin is worth more as a business strike than a proof but as a proof it is a nice discovery.
    I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org

    Buying top quality Seated Dimes in Gem BU and Proof.

    Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.

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