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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree with the XF45 crowd but could easily see this coin market-grading AU. Pretty dime.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Real sweet coin, don't have any knowledge here, just an XF45 guess
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Pillar of the Community
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AU-53, weak strike.
Awesome coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm gonna break from the crowd and put a 58 on it with an outside chance at MS. Another nice one from the Bill Jones museum.
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PCGS graded this 1796 dime as an AU-50. When I sent it in for grading I thought that it would get an EF-45. The piece has a fair amount of subdued luster, but it is a late die state with a die crack that is most visible under the "L" in "LIBERTY" that runs across the obverse. That resulted in weakness in the hair detail which suggested the EF grade. PCGS graded it more on luster and surfaces and gave it the AU-50.
This piece came from the Worthy Coin bid wall in Boston. The shop was run by Don Romano on behalf of his father, Corrado, who was a legend in Boston numismatics. Dealers who were his peers viewed his inventory with awe. The old gentleman's pride and joy was a 1792 silver center cent, which was the centerpiece of his collection when it was sold by Stacks' in the late 1980s.
The elder Romano first sold this coin to a customer for $125 back in the day. As a bit of a joke the son opened it on the bid wall at $1,250. It sold for a bit more than that, but in the 1980s a coin like this did not sell for a small fortune. It was an early coin that was not an MS-65, and therefore it was not an "investment grade" piece.
I dare say that I have done better with this piece on paper than some of the "investment grade coins" of that day have done since that time. The old commemoratives in MS-65 were said to be "great investments." We all know what those piecea have done in recent years.
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Bedrock of the Community
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billjones: Do you also own a 1792 Half Disme or did I miss it? |
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:billjones: Do you also own a 1792 Half Disme or did I miss it? Look at his profile pic  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks solid for AU-50. I'm not familiar with the general strike characteristics for the 1796 dime but the subsequent dates (like my 1807) often have weak rims and peripheral detail. This piece has pretty strong rims and sharp striking detail on much of the eagle. Perhaps that makes it above-average for strike.
Beautiful coin, excellent one-year type example, congratulations!
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Pillar of the Community
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I broke from the crowd and went the wrong way it looks like. Great coin!!
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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Bill, you must have been around Worthy before me. I was #1738. Don was a good friend and taught me to appreciate truly rare coins. When his dad's estate was auctioned by Stacks in 1987 Don flew us all out to NYC to participate. Remember the Gobrecht dollar with the hole in it? The old man's pocket piece. Until around 1990 or so his dad's clients kept on bringing in collections for the bid wall as they got older, most of which were assembled in the 50's and 60's. A lot of amazing stuff. Since Worthy closed I have not met a dealer, community, or business that could compare. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Great coin Bill! Thank you for sharing:)
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Pillar of the Community
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Bill, you must have been around Worthy before me. I was #1448. My prime time with Worthy was when it was located at the street level store. After they moved to the second floor, not so much. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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AU-50..Got one right!  Great story, billjones. Thanks. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I would of thought that it would grade EF-45 also, I guess it depends when it was strike, that is still a beauty.
Edited by macmercury
05/07/2016 4:32 pm
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