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Cleaned 1798/7 dime
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Not great pics; at first I thought this was a fake, the owner said that a local early coin expert saw it as real, he was asking $1700.
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I certainly agree that the pics aren’t great! And from what I can see, the coin looks genuine.
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Based on the limited photos the asking price seems fair. That opinion excludes unseen problems.
How cool if it was a thirteen star reverse?
peacockcoins
Hard to tell from those photos, wouldn’t want to guarantee the authenticity or try to grade.
I can see that it is the 16 star variety and it looks like the stem of the 7 is showing below the 8.
This coin should be stored in a kraft paper envelope in a warm place to give it some natural toning. It would still be cleaned but at least the appearance would be improved.
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I wasn't sure the coin was real, first look it looked fake to me, "chromed over", which was probably the cleaning. I'll try to update with pics.; am thinking VF details.
Terrible photos, even worse than I could take.
The point of focus is below the coin. Are these seller photos? Exceptionally bad photos for a potentially valuable coin.
I’m guessing there were circumstances preventing the OP from getting better photos at the time. I still appreciate the effort to post a genuinely interesting (to me anyway) coin that’s rarely seen on the forum.
Hope it's better then expected to tell ya the truth, jmo
I'd love to see good images of it outside of the 2x2.
My apology on the pics.; I sent the young dealer a request for a picture yesterday but go no response. He said something about not checking his emails. If he still has it next week I may make him an offer. For imagination purposes, my description would be a "chrome" like overall look due to the cleaning.
As I posted elsewhere, I cane across a very deceptive counterfeit of a 1798 dime many years ago. Really bad pictures like this tell you nothing. I would not take risk based on pictures like this alone.
Crome look implies polishing to me and I don't see it in this view. All I see is normal gray and it may be VF. Any long-time member wish to comment on the grade? @jmlanzaf
Here are some better pictures of the dime:
Here's an MS-64 from PCGS CoinFacts for comparison.
It looks like a fairly close match, although I'm not an expert in authenticating these.
Your pics aren't high resolution but it looks genuine to me.
Genuine, VF details, thanks for getting new photos.
From these pics, it looks genuine to me. Let us know how it goes.
Jim
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IMHO I would consider it genuine, but I'm no expert. The overdate looks legit when compared to the MS-64 example.
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She's had a rough life, 227 years!, and been cleaned but still looks good to me. Could bring close to $2k once authenticated.
Check out this NGC VF20 (w/plenty of patina remaining) that sold on Heritage 16 months ago. ha.com/1798-97-10c-16-stars-reverse-vf20-ngc