1853 Dime No Arrows

thanks! yeah I'm still having trouble with resizing pictures to meet the size that's allowed to upload

F-12.. for $17 you got a great deal on that coin.

thanks! I don't get lucky like that too often. I think I'll try jewelry stores scrap silver piles more often now

It can really pay to check "nontraditional" sellers for coins. As you've found out, having just bought a coin for about a tenth of its' true value.

Keep your wits about you, though - there's also a greater than normal risk of running into horribly-overpriced or cleaned stuff.

I think F12 is appropriate on this one, nice find!
$17.00 you say? That's at least $160.00 coin and probably closer to $200.00!

ya lol $17 dollars. I'm assuming she called her boss to ask how much and he never knew it was a rare variety and just assumed it was a common one. she said the pile of coins was to show customers that they buy silver coins. He has coins to sell but only brings them out when he's in presence. I can't imagine how many rare coins are bought buy these cash for gold jewelry stores. my jaw dropped several times when I visited different stores yesterday and they all said they only buy coins at scrap value and melt them for the silver value. they said they only don't if they realize it's valuable, but I'm learning that half the time you don't always realize what you might have from a Red Book and interest and new varieties are always popping up and sparking Interest in collectors. I can't imagine how many coins are still being melted and it's not the mint melting them.

OOOOOOOOOPPs. Old age I guess.