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So where are the good Double-Dimes?
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I can't seem to find any decent 20cent pieces anywhere. They're cleaned or just hideous. Post some pictures of some good 20 centers!
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-D
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-Aristotle
Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
-Horace
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New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
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Original double dimes are tougher to find, but they are out there; however, the coins are not cheap.
There have been a few on the B/S/T that were nice pieces at decent prices that went unsold for quite a while.
Lane
P.S. Tom - I have looked at that coin more than once!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
<< <i>Not the handsomest coin in the world, but original:
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It's funny, even before I clicked your link I was going to comment that when I was looking for a nice mid-grade example for my type set, the most original looking pieces I'd see were almost always 1875-CC. The 1875-S is the one most people target for a type set but in my experience it's tough to find one in circulated grades that hasn't been seriously abused.
Sean Reynolds
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<< <i>Not the handsomest coin in the world, but original:
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It's funny, even before I clicked your link I was going to comment that when I was looking for a nice mid-grade example for my type set, the most original looking pieces I'd see were almost always 1875-CC. The 1875-S is the one most people target for a type set but in my experience it's tough to find one in circulated grades that hasn't been seriously abused.
Sean Reynolds >>
Just a wild guess, but perhaps the CC's got into collector hands where they were appreciated long ago and stayed there, while the much more common S-mints sat in certain dealers' display cases for years and got cleaned up so they would sell better.
Dunno.
TD
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-D
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Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
-Horace
pics were taken in full sunlight
I have sold a couple of really nice VF 20 centers in the past yr on the BST.
And the raised LIBERTY in the shield was an overreaction to the way the incuse LIBERTY wore down on the other denominations.
<< <i>I've never liked this coin. The reverse is pleasant enough, but Lady Liberty looks like she lost her dentures.
And the raised LIBERTY in the shield was an overreaction to the way the incuse LIBERTY wore down on the other denominations. >>
It has been suggested that the raised LIBERTY was an attempt by Barber to make the obverse design "different" than the Seated quarter obverse. I have no reason to doubt this suggestion.
TD