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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1723 Posts |
Wish I had the funds to get in on that!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1723 Posts |
I had bid until $200. It was nice to see them say that I was the highest bidder. Felt like I owned it for those 16hrs.
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Pillar of the Community
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think I will add it to my collection of 89's .....his other coins are good deals also...
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New Member
Canada
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all it needs is for someone to "find" a few 1889 dimes in an attic etc.. and prices will drop like rocks in water.
just recently that happened with another "rare' coin being available on some TV channel ( 1915 nickel- high very high MS) even Trens had a story on it....
How surprising?
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Pillar of the Community
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Mintage is too low for the price to drop... The 1915 nickle was never really rare .Ok its a semi key but no where near the 89 dime.... well we all know how it goes high bidder gets it and fills a hole until a better one comes along live a nice VF 30 :))
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Valued Member
Canada
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I have been buying and selling rare date Vicky for years and the 1889 ten cents is indeed a very elusive coin and I would doubt that a hoard is going to show anytime soon. The coin auctioned is actually quite typical for how they are usually found Decent Good to VG. Also HELMUT check your facts before you get too opinionated. The coin you are referring to is a nice hoard of 1914 and NOT 1915 five cents silver. There are a mere 84 mint state examples of ICCS certified 1915 s as compared to the RARE 1921 12 pieces.
ICCS 2012 POP Report shows a mere 4 mint state examples of the 1889 ten cents, MS66,MS63,MS63,MS60. 250 pieces from AG- AU58.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nobody is going to find four rolls of 1889. A few dozen more coins wouldn't dent the price. People are always looking to get this one.
The question I've always had is, why so rare? The ship from England sunk with most? They made mostly 1888 in 1889 and reported numbers made in 1889 but not by date?
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Valued Member
Canada
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There has always been the theory that a ship sunk, but you are probably on the right track about the mint reports. I think it is safe to say that, as the 1889 five cent silver and the 25 cents are hard to find as well. The five cents is a semi key and the 25 cents is quite elusive.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I dont get it, the Charlton lists the mintage of 1889 dime at 600,000...where as the mintage's of previous years are ten times lower, yet this coin costs so much more.
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Valued Member
Canada
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The mint report states that in 1889 ten cents production was 600K... nowhere does it state that they were all DATED 1889. Most likely scenario is that MOST were dated as 1888. Not the first time!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Same thing happened in the US.
A given years' number of coins made, as stated in a mint report, does NOT offer a guarantee that the DATE was of that year.
All that can be said with certainty is that so many coins were produced in a given year.
It remains up to collectors who possess a certain curiosity and perseverance to do research and to share with us
the results of the search.
And sorry, this Yank can get opinionated at times. God Save The Queen!
Just checked my book. OUCH! Something went very wrong in 1889!
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