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Did bust dimes just get really popular?
Billet7
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I know they've always had a decent following, I've only been collecting them for a little while, but recently it seems that many of the coin sources have dried up somewhat. Is this due to increased popularity?
Here's a newer addition to my set, 1827/7. Not a rare variety per-se, but I believe it carries a bit of a premium. I'm not sure, I got it at a common price. A forumite here pointed it out to me (I had yet to do a variety attribution.)
PCGS XF40
Also just crossed this one over to PCGS AU50:
Here's a newer addition to my set, 1827/7. Not a rare variety per-se, but I believe it carries a bit of a premium. I'm not sure, I got it at a common price. A forumite here pointed it out to me (I had yet to do a variety attribution.)
PCGS XF40
Also just crossed this one over to PCGS AU50:
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I prefer the quarter size personally, but I am recently enamored with the dimes, despite the smaller size. I will likely not ever collect the half dimes, I just can't deal with how small they are. One thing I LOVE about bust dimes is that you can buy nice AU's for WAY below what a quarter would cost you. A nice small size quarter in AU55 will cost you well over a grand, a dime is half that!
The dimes are undervalued, probably has a lot to do with the "size bias" and historical precedence. Halves after all are exceedingly common in comparison, and they still command similar prices to dimes (a later AU55 will cost you about the same price.)
Great Bust Dime NewPs, especially the 1827. I was happy to find my PCGS-30 without an issue on premium,
but for some reason dealers try to push the 7/7 even though it is fairly common!
I also like the toning on the 1832. Overall very nice pieces!
As for why they are difficult to find nice all of a sudden, well, that is probably partially my fault
I was about to PM you the other day about buying one of the pieces you have in your Reg Set. A common
DM, but one I haven't able to locate (for 2-3 years) in nice VF condition until JUST later that afternoon!
With that said, that NewP is en route and should be here later this week
<< <i>Nice coins, but I doubt they've become more popular. As every z series collector knows, there's such a thing as "size bias" and small is out - bigger is better - go at least a half dollar in size or go home!
I like the ATB 5 ouncers... friendly to the aging numismatic population.
<< <i>Simon,
Great Bust Dime NewPs, especially the 1827. I was happy to find my PCGS-30 without an issue on premium,
but for some reason dealers try to push the 7/7 even though it is fairly common!
I also like the toning on the 1832. Overall very nice pieces!
As for why they are difficult to find nice all of a sudden, well, that is probably partially my fault
I was about to PM you the other day about buying one of the pieces you have in your Reg Set. A common
DM, but one I haven't able to locate (for 2-3 years) in nice VF condition until JUST later that afternoon!
With that said, that NewP is en route and should be here later this week
Which one were you looking at on my reg set? Just curious...not saying you could every pry it from my hands!
Fairly easy for me to spot, and low and behold a decent example. I have seen a couple examples of this DM in AU/MS, but my set being more VF/EF
friendly I wasn't completely ready to give up on finding a VF/EF example. Now, the 1831 JR-4 I ended up finding (~VF-25) is not an overall ideal
candidate for my set, but it fills a hole that I've been EAGER to fill for a couple years...and it's just a common DM.
Hopefully a crustier, VF-30-EF-40 comes along to replace this one I just got.
A Classic design without the higher prices of their cousins
Nice dimes.....and while the 7/7 is not rare ...... it is far from common.
<< <i>You don't really want to collect those nasty little coins do ya!
Nice dimes.....and while the 7/7 is not rare ...... it is far from common. >>
Similar to the 1815 Quarters!
<< <i>Sometimes it seems like the most common things are the hardest to find. >>
I might also strangely add that sometimes it also seems that the rarest coins are unusually easy to find!
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We have quite a few still in stock, and we are acquiring more as we speak.
I think one of the reasons for the popularity of Bust dimes is that a collector can buy a truly scarce coin without spending a lot of money. For example, for one I recently sold, Heritage had sold 4 attributed coins of that variety in its archives. Four sold by Heritage in close to 20 years = fairly scarce coin.
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