This is a very attractive and original example of the rarest date early dime!
There's maybe a 100 of these in all grades and they generally don't come too nice.
I think the split is 40 coins for the 14 stars and 60 coins for the 13 stars. Have only heard of 1 BU and its the rarer 14 stars.
Even an AG of this date is a prize.
@Cladiator said:
I'm happy to add this little darling to the collection today. It's something I've desired for over 20 years and can't stop grinning now that it's here. I don't know why but this issue along with the '46 half dime have always mesmerized me more than any other key. One down, one to go. The photos don't do it justice, the coin is beautiful for it's level of wear with a soft understatement of an amber hue to it. Maybe she'll get submitted for a TV photo at the Money Show.
That is a very appealing 1822 Dime, and at the top end of the majority of currently known examples. Congratulations!
Like you, I was strongly attracted to this date early on in my collecting career, in the 80's and 90's. - these are the two example which I managed to obtain. Both still ungraded.
Any nice 1822 dimes like these are a source of pride!
Very nice and rare coin! It looks to have that bump like "Island" under the T in states, which is the diagnostic for a business strike. This is what someone told me. I am not the expert at this diagnostic.
There are at least 30 proofs for every business strike 1880 Shield Nickel!
Very nice and rare coin! It looks to have that bump like "Island" under the T in states, which is the diagnostic for a business strike. This is what someone told me. I am not the expert at this diagnostic.
There are at least 30 proofs for every business strike 1880 Shield Nickel!
Yup, it's got the island (although faint). It also has the doubling at the S in STATES.
Another shield nickel. 1879. Not as hard to find as the 80 but still elusive.
Members I have done business with: Silverman68, jfoot13, GAB, ricman, Smittys, scrapman1077, RyGuy, Connecticoin, Meltdown, VikingDude, Peaceman, Patches and more.
This is a very attractive and original example of the rarest date early dime!
There's maybe a 100 of these in all grades and they generally don't come too nice.
I think the split is 40 coins for the 14 stars and 60 coins for the 13 stars. Have only heard of 1 BU and its the rarer 14 stars.
Even an AG of this date is a prize.
This is a very attractive and original example of the rarest date early dime!
There's maybe a 100 of these in all grades and they generally don't come too nice.
I think the split is 40 coins for the 14 stars and 60 coins for the 13 stars. Have only heard of 1 BU and its the rarer 14 stars.
Even an AG of this date is a prize.
I think that is a quarter, not a dime
Thanks dcarr! The 1804 Quarter is quite cool also. I guess I really have such a thing for 1804 dimes that I imagine them!
This is a very attractive and original example of the rarest date early dime!
There's maybe a 100 of these in all grades and they generally don't come too nice.
I think the split is 40 coins for the 14 stars and 60 coins for the 13 stars. Have only heard of 1 BU and its the rarer 14 stars.
Even an AG of this date is a prize.
Ok. I am a bit whacked! This is a quarter and not a dime! Still very scarce and rarer than the 1796!
A beautiful example!!!
Very nice and rare coin! It looks to have that bump like "Island" under the T in states, which is the diagnostic for a business strike. This is what someone told me. I am not the expert at this diagnostic.
There are at least 30 proofs for every business strike 1880 Shield Nickel!
Yup, it's got the island (although faint). It also has the doubling at the S in STATES.
It's so cool to have this rare business strike properly attributed! It must be the second rarest nickel after the 1913.
Does this one count? It’s not slabbed but I bought it in an online auction for about $200 for the lot. I couldn’t tell what it was because they only posted the one picture. I’m really bummed though, it DOESN’T fit in my Dansco type album! Is this being petty?
You only live life once, enjoy it like it's your last day. It just MIGHT be!
I own very few so called trophy coins (2 total with this is my recent addition in 2024).
I purchased a little over an ounce of gold a long while back (years ago) and sold it at the more recent highs. Took the money and purchased a dream coin that came up for sale. For someone that has a small collecting budget like myself this is a big purchase. Buying a coin of this calibre will not happen very often in my collecting years/decades to come or maybe never again. The coin now resides in my bank vault with a few other of my favourite coins.
As most of you (on the world side of this forum) know I collect only early milled 1 reales (Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, Jamaica and Colombia) so without question adding this 1760 Colombia 1 Real (14 to 15 examples known...these coins these coins Chile/Colombia early milled reales are well documented I doubt many more exist that have yet to surface are well documented I doubt many more exist that have yet to surface) in 2024 made my year. Owning any early milled coins from Chile or Colombia is a a very big deal (Per Yonaka) for those that collect Latin American coins. You are lucky to add just 1 in your lifetime and even more lucky if you can add more. Chile and Colombia are by far the rarest of the early Latin American mints:
When I saw @TheGoonies1985 mention trophy coin, it made me think.
I always thought that key dates or trophy coins was kind of a subjective thing. I'm sure there's a list out there somewhere. One man's key dates or trophy coins, might be another man's pocket change. We all know the 55DDO, S-VDB, 16-D, 3-Leg Buff come to mind from when we were kids. It seems every series have those handful of very difficult coins to acquire.
After years of looking through this forum, it became evident to me right away that there are 3 or 4 levels of collectors here. Experts or key player collectors, (maybe dealers)/some type of mid level collector/and the novice collector.
When I read through threads here, I automatically put myself in a specific category or level of collector compared to all you guys. This always changes my level of key date coins. My posted coin pictures, usually brings the grade average of that thread down 3 or 4 grades, sorry!
What's my point here?.....I don't know, I don't think I have a point.
This is probably a topic for another thread. Thanks for listening!...I feel better now.
I always thought that key dates or trophy coins was kind of a subjective thing. I'm sure there's a list out there somewhere. One man's key dates or trophy coins, might be another man's pocket change. We all know the 55DDO, S-VDB, 16-D, 3-Leg Buff come to mind from when we were kids. It seems every series have those handful of very difficult coins to acquire.
After years of looking through this forum, it became evident to me right away that there are 3 or 4 levels of collectors here. Experts or key player collectors, (maybe dealers)/some type of mid level collector/and the novice collector.
When I read through threads here, I automatically put myself in a specific category or level of collector compared to all you guys. This always changes my level of key date coins. My posted coin pictures, usually brings the grade average of that thread down 3 or 4 grades, sorry!
What's my point here?.....I don't know, I don't think I have a point.
This is probably a topic for another thread. Thanks for listening!...I feel better now.
The coin cost me a little over 2100$ US. To me that is a LOT of money to some is daily pocket change. I will never probably buy another coin of this value. I just happened to buy some gold at the right time and sold at the right time otherwise this purchase would not have happened. I keep such coins in my bank vault at all times. I get to enjoy the images and that is enough for me. I am not rich but have my home (still have over 15 years to finish paying it off) and pay for that monthly but I am grateful for what I do have that is key in life. I have my pet and live in a peaceful area with public transportation (I can't afford to own a car).
Most coins I buy are 50$ to 250$ US and a few times over 250$ US but extremely rarely over 1000$ US. I own 2 trophy coins now and there really is nothing else I need that I collect that I would consider a trophy coin. Maybe one but that coin has never sold and is unique so the chances I will own that coin are almost nil.
I recently bought my first 20th century key date coin, a 14-D cent in MS64+ CAC (ex-VDB Collection).
I am drawn to coins that are hard to find/replace, and I've had little interest in 20th century key dates because most of them seem easy to find and highly replaceable. So I've told myself that I would only consider a key date coin if it has standalone eye appeal.
Enter this 14-D. I've looked at hundreds of these over the past few years, but I don't recall any that have had the iridescent blue color of this one. This color profile is not uncommon on matte proof Lincolns but less common on early biz strikes. I'm not even sure if I've seen a 1909 Philly VDB with similar original color.
(By the way, I know there are a lot of blue/purple toned cents that have MS70'ed. This one looks original to me because the blue is a thin sheen of color that dances between brown and blue when rotated under light. In my experience MS70'ed coins have a thicker and "stickier" layer of color that obscures the original color.)
I'm like @OAKSTAR and play in the shallower end of the numismatic pool. My primary series is Morgans, collecting for about 20 years, and very pleased with below key date purchases from EBAY. NGC VF25, NGC VF 35 and NGC XF40, now all in my Dansco.
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USAF (Ret.) 1985 - 2005. E-4B Aircraft Maintenance Crew Chief and Contracting Officer.
My current Registry sets:
✓ Everyman Mint State Carson City Morgan Dollars (1878 – 1893)
✓ Everyman Mint State Lincoln Cents (1909 – 1958)
✓ Morgan Dollar GSA Hoard (1878 – 1891)
I cannot believe I missed this thread........
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and this Jefferson PR as well.....a PR68
OINK
The only 2- S minted IHC
Here is a hard one to find.
MS64 Red
USAF (Ret.) 1985 - 2005. E-4B Aircraft Maintenance Crew Chief and Contracting Officer.
My current Registry sets:
✓ Everyman Mint State Carson City Morgan Dollars (1878 – 1893)
✓ Everyman Mint State Lincoln Cents (1909 – 1958)
✓ Morgan Dollar GSA Hoard (1878 – 1891)
Nice to finally have a TrueView of a key!
This 74-CC never gets shown on coin message boards.
This is a very attractive and original example of the rarest date early dime!
There's maybe a 100 of these in all grades and they generally don't come too nice.
I think the split is 40 coins for the 14 stars and 60 coins for the 13 stars. Have only heard of 1 BU and its the rarer 14 stars.
Even an AG of this date is a prize.
Any nice 1822 dimes like these are a source of pride!
Newest addition...
Very nice and super rare. If shield nickels were more widely collected, this would be a 10k coin.
Very nice and rare coin! It looks to have that bump like "Island" under the T in states, which is the diagnostic for a business strike. This is what someone told me. I am not the expert at this diagnostic.
There are at least 30 proofs for every business strike 1880 Shield Nickel!
Yup, it's got the island (although faint). It also has the doubling at the S in STATES.
Another shield nickel. 1879. Not as hard to find as the 80 but still elusive.
Silverman68, jfoot13, GAB, ricman, Smittys, scrapman1077, RyGuy, Connecticoin, Meltdown, VikingDude, Peaceman, Patches and more.
Oh my. In some ways that is better than an unc coin!
This one is not on the level of the 1921 issues, though it is still a key or semi key date:
I think that is a quarter, not a dime
Thanks dcarr! The 1804 Quarter is quite cool also. I guess I really have such a thing for 1804 dimes that I imagine them!
Here are a couple dimes. Sorry for the reverse mixup….
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Ok. I am a bit whacked! This is a quarter and not a dime! Still very scarce and rarer than the 1796!
A beautiful example!!!
It's so cool to have this rare business strike properly attributed! It must be the second rarest nickel after the 1913.
Does this one count? It’s not slabbed but I bought it in an online auction for about $200 for the lot. I couldn’t tell what it was because they only posted the one picture. I’m really bummed though, it DOESN’T fit in my Dansco type album! Is this being petty?
A little later on for the die pair:
I own very few so called trophy coins (2 total with this is my recent addition in 2024).
I purchased a little over an ounce of gold a long while back (years ago) and sold it at the more recent highs. Took the money and purchased a dream coin that came up for sale. For someone that has a small collecting budget like myself this is a big purchase. Buying a coin of this calibre will not happen very often in my collecting years/decades to come or maybe never again. The coin now resides in my bank vault with a few other of my favourite coins.
As most of you (on the world side of this forum) know I collect only early milled 1 reales (Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, Jamaica and Colombia) so without question adding this 1760 Colombia 1 Real (14 to 15 examples known...these coins these coins Chile/Colombia early milled reales are well documented I doubt many more exist that have yet to surface are well documented I doubt many more exist that have yet to surface) in 2024 made my year. Owning any early milled coins from Chile or Colombia is a a very big deal (Per Yonaka) for those that collect Latin American coins. You are lucky to add just 1 in your lifetime and even more lucky if you can add more. Chile and Colombia are by far the rarest of the early Latin American mints:
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When I saw @TheGoonies1985 mention trophy coin, it made me think.
I always thought that key dates or trophy coins was kind of a subjective thing. I'm sure there's a list out there somewhere. One man's key dates or trophy coins, might be another man's pocket change. We all know the 55DDO, S-VDB, 16-D, 3-Leg Buff come to mind from when we were kids. It seems every series have those handful of very difficult coins to acquire.
After years of looking through this forum, it became evident to me right away that there are 3 or 4 levels of collectors here. Experts or key player collectors, (maybe dealers)/some type of mid level collector/and the novice collector.
When I read through threads here, I automatically put myself in a specific category or level of collector compared to all you guys. This always changes my level of key date coins. My posted coin pictures, usually brings the grade average of that thread down 3 or 4 grades, sorry!
What's my point here?.....I don't know, I don't think I have a point.
This is probably a topic for another thread. Thanks for listening!...I feel better now.
The coin cost me a little over 2100$ US. To me that is a LOT of money to some is daily pocket change. I will never probably buy another coin of this value. I just happened to buy some gold at the right time and sold at the right time otherwise this purchase would not have happened. I keep such coins in my bank vault at all times. I get to enjoy the images and that is enough for me. I am not rich but have my home (still have over 15 years to finish paying it off) and pay for that monthly but I am grateful for what I do have that is key in life. I have my pet and live in a peaceful area with public transportation (I can't afford to own a car).
Most coins I buy are 50$ to 250$ US and a few times over 250$ US but extremely rarely over 1000$ US. I own 2 trophy coins now and there really is nothing else I need that I collect that I would consider a trophy coin. Maybe one but that coin has never sold and is unique so the chances I will own that coin are almost nil.
NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers
The 1877 IHC is acknowledged as the key to the series. Here’s mine:
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
My FE series key date:
(slab updated - CAC added)
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
I recently bought my first 20th century key date coin, a 14-D cent in MS64+ CAC (ex-VDB Collection).
I am drawn to coins that are hard to find/replace, and I've had little interest in 20th century key dates because most of them seem easy to find and highly replaceable. So I've told myself that I would only consider a key date coin if it has standalone eye appeal.
Enter this 14-D. I've looked at hundreds of these over the past few years, but I don't recall any that have had the iridescent blue color of this one. This color profile is not uncommon on matte proof Lincolns but less common on early biz strikes. I'm not even sure if I've seen a 1909 Philly VDB with similar original color.
(By the way, I know there are a lot of blue/purple toned cents that have MS70'ed. This one looks original to me because the blue is a thin sheen of color that dances between brown and blue when rotated under light. In my experience MS70'ed coins have a thicker and "stickier" layer of color that obscures the original color.)
Not the best pictures but you get the point.
Those die cracks add so much detail... looks like the reverse die was about to break.
@Copperindian, ok Ken. Now I know why it’s been so difficult for me to find that elusive 1877 IHC! You own all the nice ones! Zack.
Had to check and see if I ever contributed to this thread. Doesn't look like it.
A key coin I am fortunate to own from my favorite series.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
I'm like @OAKSTAR and play in the shallower end of the numismatic pool. My primary series is Morgans, collecting for about 20 years, and very pleased with below key date purchases from EBAY. NGC VF25, NGC VF 35 and NGC XF40, now all in my Dansco.
@coastaljerseyguy - Yes, that's an excellent synopsis and sums it up for us nonprofessional numismatists! 👍
We're playing in the shallower end of the numismatic pool. 👍
Empty Nest Collection
Matt’s Mattes
Here’s one I sold a number of years back:
Was sad to see her go but the price was 🤑
Empty Nest Collection
Matt’s Mattes