An original seated dime......not a blast white gem

Dismeguy · November 24, 2006 10:27AM

Folks...at the Baltimore show and after checking the upcoming Heritage auction selections, it is clear that more and more blast white coins are appearing in TPG holders, especially NGC. I'm not a fan of blast white coins and believe that the original patina should be left on a coin. Here is an example of a gem original dime that I would never dip.

NumisOxide · November 24, 2006 10:41AM

That's an attractive original dime. Some original coins can be unattractive but yours has nice eye appeal.

GoldenEyeNumismatics · November 24, 2006 11:30AM

very original... I like it!

ldhair · November 24, 2006 11:35AM

TomB · November 24, 2006 11:40AM

Both dimes are beautiful, but I have to admit that the 1839-O is a smoking hot coin!

AZLARRY · November 24, 2006 11:45AM

I was showing this H10 to a collector friend about 6 months ago and he suggested that I should dip it. It will be staying with it's skin intact, there seems to be a demand for blast white old coins.

michael · November 24, 2006 2:25PM

please PLEASE keep dipping all those older coins

new collectors love blast white!! and then they all eventually turn one way or another

only makes the eye appealling thick skinned original coins even better

lordmarcovan · November 24, 2006 2:29PM

I find that dime original but not particularly attractive. Nor unattractive, per se- it has its charms. But the spots are distracting to me and make it look like it has mildew. If it weren't for the distracting spots it would be handsome. I would have to restrain myself from dipping or "curating" it and would probably send it to NCS.

I do like that '39-O dime. Very much. It's a CircCam™.

roadrunner · November 24, 2006 2:52PM

While I agree with you dismeguy there are a whole lot of other folks who don't agree with us. If they can potentially make that coin into a 66 by dipping, it's fate is sealed. I had a wonderfully toned rarer date seated quarter that was in the condition census for the date.
The coin would likely never make it to MS65 grade. But the guy that bought it immediately dipped it hoping for an upgrade and ruined one of the few nicely toned specimens of the date in existence. I've seen a number of uncs of this date and none had the eye appeal or color of this one (not the 2 MS65's nor the MS66 that were finer).

I passed on an exceptionally clean MS67 NGC seated quarter today only because it was too blast white. I'm sure it will fit into someone's set down the road.

roadrunner

DennisH · November 24, 2006 2:59PM

I like white pickups. Lots of people like red or blue ones. Until someone buys them for us, we each get to choose what suits us.

IrishMike · November 24, 2006 5:58PM

The 59 doesn't appeal to me enough to purchase, the 39 does. Blast white seated dimes really don't appeal to me much either. Here is a toned one with a cud and nice die clash.

TorinoCobra71 · November 24, 2006 10:49PM

That dime needs a BATH...Where's my TARN-X ?!?!?!?!?

Nice Original.........

TorinoCobra71

kryptonitecomics · November 24, 2006 11:33PM

I have a 1876 NGC AU55 with nice original colorful toning coming up in the FUN auction.......

anablep · November 25, 2006 12:05AM

Love the original looks on those dimes.

Not many like them around I'd wager.

ldhair · November 25, 2006 1:00AM

So many coins are being messed with. I understand that people have different taste.
I just wish folks would pass a coin on, as is. and find something that they like as it is.

I bought the 39-O above years ago, when I was building a set of Seated dimes.
It was a tough coin to find and I would guess it still is today.

I knew it had problems, but after years of looking I gave up and went with it.
It seemed that everything I found had been messed with. Someone just had to try to improve them.
Please leave those old original coins for the next collector that loves it as is.

seateddime · November 25, 2006 4:18AM

ziggy29 · November 25, 2006 4:31AM

Dismeguy · November 25, 2006 5:57AM

<< <i>Please leave those old original coins for the next collector that loves it as is. >>

Amen...remember that we are the curators of our collections and only temporary owners.....

coinkat · November 25, 2006 11:47AM

great thread with terrific coins and pictures...

DSH1963 · November 25, 2006 12:19PM

Send them to me I will dip them I like white coins

An original seated dime......not a blast white gem

Comments

Leave a Comment