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So where are the good Double-Dimes?

DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
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!

-D
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

-Aristotle

Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

-Horace

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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    None to post but I would like to have one myself. The ones with eye appeal seem to be quite pricey.

    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.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not the handsomest coin in the world, but original:

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    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Photobucket is in maintenance otherwise I would post one or two.

    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! image
    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not the handsomest coin in the world, but original:

    link >>




    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
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,952 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have a crusty 75-S in PCGS G6. I will look for an image.....
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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll post pics tonight of an unmolested VG-10 1875-S.

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
    http://www.american-legacy-coins.com

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,900 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Not the handsomest coin in the world, but original:

    link >>




    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
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.



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  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,120 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This one actually has some nice dirt on it-
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    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082
    I agree. A lot of 20-cent pieces look like they were made from .800 fine alloy - many seem to lack the color and luster of quarters form the same era.
  • Here's one:

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  • DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    The strikes on the MS coins are all killer. Keep them coming!

    -D
    "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

    -Aristotle

    Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

    -Horace
  • fishteethfishteeth Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coin much nicer in hand. Not as bright, full cartwheel and just enough toning
    pics were taken in full sunlight

    I have sold a couple of really nice VF 20 centers in the past yr on the BST.

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  • mcarney1173mcarney1173 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Upon further inspection, I noticed her face looks very puffy, like she's eating something and has it stuffed in her left cheek, like a hamster.
  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,645 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,900 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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