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Grade this 1850 O dime - (one CU member will think he knows)

seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
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This is a coin I purchased about a year ago of the BST boards.

What would you grade it. - Answer to come tonight

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  • abitofthisabitofthatabitofthisabitofthat Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭
    VF30. Nice coin

    merse

  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    40
  • kazkaz Posts: 9,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    xf40?
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    AU-55 image
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    40-45 Very pretty seated dime.
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,725 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like it, that mintmark looks smaller than I'd expect it to be. Is that an oddity for that period or were there various sized mintmarks used in that year?
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are 3 mm sizes in 1850. S, M & Large.
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Disclaimer: the OP has purchased coins from me and can vouch that I have no idea how to grade this series. image

    I like it as a 45, assuming it is in PCGS plastic. I think the wear is probably closer to an XF40 but it will get the bump to the next grade for eye appeal.


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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That looks typically what I see for sale as XF40/45 though maybe from a purely technical standpoint it's only VF35 to purists who would like full detail in that grade (such as fully split leaves). There is no doubt a lot of general wear across Liberty's lap area giving it a flattened look.

    I'd bump the grade to XF45/AU50 if there were luster on the coin. The blue iridescence on the obv could be covering luster but that's not always the case. It seems that we discussed a similar O mint coin here a year or two ago that seemed VF/XF at first but actually slabbed out as AU50/53......same coin?

    I owned a full struck NGC MS65 of this date (small o variety) back in the later 1980's. It had proof like characteristics and I traced it all the way back to Steve Ivy's retail catalog of 1976. Still one of the finest known and probably MS66 or better today. It was an amazing toned gem small o.

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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    it is the scarcer small O
    I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org

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    Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.
  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    One thing to keep in mind is the O mints from this time often come wth weak and uneven strikes.
    I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org

    Buying top quality Seated Dimes in Gem BU and Proof.

    Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    I think I remember this coin having been posted on the forum years ago , and if so, I probably guessed too high on the grade, back then, too. But it looks AU to me - there appears to be lots of luster on a typically softly struck coin.
  • tbarrecatbarreca Posts: 299 ✭


    << <i>One thing to keep in mind is the O mints from this time often come wth weak and uneven strikes. >>



    And that is, folks, the key to the riddle that seateddime has posed for us.

    My guess is that this coin is correctly graded at AU-50 or even 53, but it is a 45 at the very most conservative least!
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  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>AU-55 image >>



    I'm with Stone on this one -

    its a beautiful coin and would

    easily grade a minimum [IMHO ]

    of AU 50. But I wouldn't be surprised

    to see it in a 55 holder.
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  • HoledandCreativeHoledandCreative Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭✭✭
    40
  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭
    It looks like EF45 to me. What a great looking dimeimage
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  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AU50
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  • QBertQBert Posts: 311 ✭✭✭
    Questionable color?
  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It appears the coin still has plenty of luster, so I'll say 45.
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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    XF-45

    I just can't bring myself to put it in the AU range but it probably is there already.
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  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,342 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>AU-55 image >>



    Agree.
  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    The coin was originally BB'd but now it is in a XF45 holder. Know this date I grade the coin an AU and bought it raw as an AU. Maybe I will resubmit it someday but the seller has trueview photos of the coin that are better than mine.
    I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org

    Buying top quality Seated Dimes in Gem BU and Proof.

    Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.
  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks 50ish to me.
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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In looking at the photos again I don't think the coin has the luster most people think it does. The blue irridescent toning only appears in the upper obverse peripherals....and essentially none at the bottom. That doesn't make sense since the bottom of the coin is just as well protected as the top. What appears like flashy luster at the top of the obverse stars is probably the toning being reflective.

    XF45 is a fair grade. It does appear quite flattish on the obverse with actually stronger reverse details. These usually don't come with the reverse stronger than the obverse. The 1853-0 is notorious for a flattish obverse strike but not so much the 1850-0. On the half dozen or so uncs I can recall seeing over the years, I don't really recall any having real strike issues in the central obverse...not like the 42-0, 49-0, and 53-0.

    roadrunner
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  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The coin was originally BB'd but now it is in a XF45 holder. Know this date I grade the coin an AU and bought it raw as an AU. Maybe I will resubmit it someday but the seller has trueview photos of the coin that are better than mine. >>


    BB'd for AT or environmental damage?

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