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Nice dimes, both look to grade in the VF 20-30 range. The 1843-O looks to have been lightly cleaned in the past and is retoning. The 1885-S appears to be a nice, original coin. (View Post)

In other words, the sets were not serially numbered, only given unique numbers between 1 and 1938. Interestingly, even those the mintage is stated as 1938, apparently not all were struck "back t… (View Post)

"I don't believe in cleaning coins, so I wasn't to proceed cautiously here." Well ... you have a dilemma. The only way to remove the toning and spots is to alter the surface of th… (View Post)

Wow ... sounds like the financial downside to either party would have only around $25 to $50, since I bet the coin still had some inherent value. Hope this is resolved to everyone's satisfaction… (View Post)

Who knows ... with the crazy Colorado Springs weather, there may be snow at the show! (View Post)