That was neat, but odd. To my knowledge, this was the only Liberty Seated Dime CC date that this occurred on, yet did occur on the 1860 S and 1875 S. Wonder why it happened at all? For some reason, PCGS does not list the 1860 S LSD at all in their price guide.
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Here's a link to a listing by our host of an 1876-CC Dime certified as a Specimen strike. Also known in Copper and an unknown Copper-Nickel alloy. Anybody have good pictures of any of the three compositions not in a slab so you can see the rims and edges??
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The color is funky, but I love the strike on this 1875-CC Twenty Cent Piece. Many of them are weakly struck on the eagle's left wing and the corresponding place on the "LIBERTY" on the obverse. The assigned grade is MS-62.
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From Weimar W, White, Gobrecht Journal, Volume 65, p. 44 (1996):
Four known examples of the 1876-CC dime have been listed as proof or presentation pieces. It has been suggested that they may have been struck for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. Minting of these pieces is as follows:
The James A. Stack specimen, sold as lot #167 in the James A. Stack sale by Stack's on January 16, 1990. Walter Breen later certified this coin as a branch mint proof.
The Rarcoa Specimen, sold as lot #61 2 in the RARCOA section of Auction '90 on August 10, 1990. Described in the catalogue as a possible proof or presentation piece.
The Weimar W. White Specimen, sold as lot #2283 in the Boyd, Brand and Ryder sale by Bowers & Merena Inc on March 29, 1 990. Described in the sale catalogue as a possible presentation piece, MS-64 prooflike.
The Marin Numismatics Specimen, offered for sale in Coin World on November 13, 1995. This coin is described to be as close to a branch mint proof as one can get.
All four specimens have the Type I reverse and are sharply struck. They are all in gem condition, and have mirrored or reflective fields.
Existence of unknown alloy example is of interest. For what - if anything-it might be worth, Philly struck alloy coins ( nickle, copper, zinc) for Venezuela that year on planchets provided by a private vendor. Those were "somewhat" dime size, but appreciably different in diameter and weight though.
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And a couple of well traveled 1877 CC dimes.
Forgot this one.
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That was neat, but odd. To my knowledge, this was the only Liberty Seated Dime CC date that this occurred on, yet did occur on the 1860 S and 1875 S. Wonder why it happened at all? For some reason, PCGS does not list the 1860 S LSD at all in their price guide.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
Nice!
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Here's a link to a listing by our host of an 1876-CC Dime certified as a Specimen strike. Also known in Copper and an unknown Copper-Nickel alloy. Anybody have good pictures of any of the three compositions not in a slab so you can see the rims and edges??
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1876-cc-10c-type-b/4789
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The color is funky, but I love the strike on this 1875-CC Twenty Cent Piece. Many of them are weakly struck on the eagle's left wing and the corresponding place on the "LIBERTY" on the obverse. The assigned grade is MS-62.
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From Weimar W, White, Gobrecht Journal, Volume 65, p. 44 (1996):
Four known examples of the 1876-CC dime have been listed as proof or presentation pieces. It has been suggested that they may have been struck for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. Minting of these pieces is as follows:
The James A. Stack specimen, sold as lot #167 in the James A. Stack sale by Stack's on January 16, 1990. Walter Breen later certified this coin as a branch mint proof.
The Rarcoa Specimen, sold as lot #61 2 in the RARCOA section of Auction '90 on August 10, 1990. Described in the catalogue as a possible proof or presentation piece.
The Weimar W. White Specimen, sold as lot #2283 in the Boyd, Brand and Ryder sale by Bowers & Merena Inc on March 29, 1 990. Described in the sale catalogue as a possible presentation piece, MS-64 prooflike.
The Marin Numismatics Specimen, offered for sale in Coin World on November 13, 1995. This coin is described to be as close to a branch mint proof as one can get.
All four specimens have the Type I reverse and are sharply struck. They are all in gem condition, and have mirrored or reflective fields.
Existence of unknown alloy example is of interest. For what - if anything-it might be worth, Philly struck alloy coins ( nickle, copper, zinc) for Venezuela that year on planchets provided by a private vendor. Those were "somewhat" dime size, but appreciably different in diameter and weight though.
This is the "gold standard."
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@BillJones , Very nice job on the double dime Mr. Bill
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A few CC examples from the set. I don't have much in the way of this mint output, but it's always held charm.
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