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Valued Member
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I'm not exactly known for following particularly popular serieses as it goes. Now some people around here may remember I used to collect 17th and 18th century British sixpences by date, generally because I like coins that size. Due to a few refocusing exercises following the unfortunate disbanding of my sixpence collection earlier this year I find I'm craving another series of similar sized coins. And thus I've seemingly latched onto bust dimes. I like the look of them and more importantly the size. A date run of them sounds a bit challenging to me though. Currently I've got this one fully paid for; (grade is one lower than what I generally go for, but I liked the look of the piece). It'll be a few weeks before I can appreciate it in hand though since it's still in the US at the moment.  I was thinking of an 1820-28 run of the Type 1s, possibly including the major varities included in the RedBook, I see 1822 is going to be problemmatic, is there anything else I should be aware of? Any other keys? Anything which RedBook perhaps implies is more common that is in fact the case, or anything more abundant? I'd like to know what I'm dealing with before I get started. |
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I like the bust coins the 10 & 25 cent bust coins are the only truly American 10 cent and 25 cent coins, the rest are dimes and quarters
rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
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Well it's my first ever bust coin. Not the oldest US coin I've had though because I did have a really bad 1816 large cent briefly.
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Pillar Of The Community
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I have one extra Bust Dime lying around here somewhere and, if I remember correctly, it is a 1828 but will have to look to be sure. Let me know if you are interested as I am always looking for a swap! Will have to check the value on this coin as well but don't think it will be much as it is a lower grade coin but still attractive. Actually a tough set, at least in my mind, so good luck!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I like all the bust coinage from the dime to the dollar. I only wish I had more of the dimes.
catman
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Yeah lemme know Crystalk, I always like a good trade.
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Valued Member
United States
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Just don't get hooked on the varieties. That leads to certain madness. ;)
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Rest in Peace
United States
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AEtheling, I think it would be a great series to collect. I also think it's a "sleeper" series: older, not really well known, and waiting to be discovered by many collectors. As an investment, I don't think it has anywhere to go but up, especially if the coins are EF and better. As a collection, it is most unusual, if for no other reason than the series' old age, a piece of early Americana.
Now you got me interested.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I love these 'forgotten' or more correctly ignored serieses. I'm not much interested in making money on it, but I genuinely like the things. I've been wanting to get into the earlier US stuff for a while, dimes were the obvious choice for me. Quarters were a close second, but I prefer the size of the dimes myself.
Most people go chasing after the halves, i'll settle for the diminutive coins.
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Rest in Peace
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I also just figured out how to do the "AE" combination in your username: Ætheling. Was driving me nuts. At least, I can do it on my Mac (option - apostrophe; doesn't work for all fonts); I won't know if it shows up right until I post this.  Fred |
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United Kingdom
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aetheling would have sufficed! :D Good job I didn't spell it in true Anglo-Saxon form then, either; Æðeling or Æþeling  |
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I love the bust design, whether it's on a dime, quarter, half, or dollar. There are also some nice bust gold coins. The dimes are definitely the most affordable, but many that I have seen show damage. In my experience, even nicer examples can be found for reasonable money. Come into the light...  |
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United Kingdom
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I've collected Washington quarters for a few years no so I'm already in the light... I'm just getting closer to the bulb. (Just pray I don't remove it!)  |
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Far, far behind, so far behind they're unseeable.
Bust coins are nice, incuse coins are not.
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Posted 10/02/2005 4:21 pm
