Posted 06/05/2012 3:30 pm
The dimes from San Francisco were well struck, so as to the details I would call it an AU 50.
The "scratch" is most likely a counting machine mark which is a shame.*
I do not use net grades, only net prices: I grade it "AU 50 with counting machine mark."
Worth about XF 40 money.
An additional observation: many SF coins were sent to the Philippines after the Spanish American War.
They surface from time to time in high grades but cleaned. The presence of the mark leads me to believe that this coin never went to the Pacific but rather circulated here.
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*counting machine mark
A dense patch of lines caused by the rubber wheel of a counting machine where the wheel was set with insufficient spacing for the selected coin. Many coins have been subjected to counting machines - among these are Mercury dimes, Buffalo nickels, Walking Liberty half dollars, Morgan and Peace dollars, and Saint-Gaudens double eagles.
The "scratch" is most likely a counting machine mark which is a shame.*
I do not use net grades, only net prices: I grade it "AU 50 with counting machine mark."
Worth about XF 40 money.
An additional observation: many SF coins were sent to the Philippines after the Spanish American War.
They surface from time to time in high grades but cleaned. The presence of the mark leads me to believe that this coin never went to the Pacific but rather circulated here.
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*counting machine mark
A dense patch of lines caused by the rubber wheel of a counting machine where the wheel was set with insufficient spacing for the selected coin. Many coins have been subjected to counting machines - among these are Mercury dimes, Buffalo nickels, Walking Liberty half dollars, Morgan and Peace dollars, and Saint-Gaudens double eagles.
Edited by matthewvincent
06/05/2012 3:40 pm
06/05/2012 3:40 pm
