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Hey guys, I've been looking for a decent large date 1828 CBD for a long long time. These are as hard to find as fur on a frog. Anyway, PCGS graded it problem free. PCGS has a population in all grades of less than 200. Not sure I believe that, but they are hard to find. Yes, it's a low grade, but it fits in my set nicely. Any and all discussion/opinions welcomed. Thanks!   |
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Looks close to VG8 And all original. Nice
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G6, nice color and surfaces. A good example.
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A truly problem-free coin, not "a 100-year-old-cleaning-that-I-will-let-slide" problem-free.
I'd wager a VG-08
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I'm with the VG-08 on this one and it is beautiful. From the Book: The Mint first struck 1828 closed collar dimes using the new obverse design with a leftover John Reich reverse die which had the usual wide denticle spacing. This procedure continued in 1829 with marriages of the new obverse design and the "old style" reverses. In an interesting switch the Mint then paired a leftover John Reich 1828 obverse with a used 1829 new style reverse, giving birth to the 1828 large date variety dime. |
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 VG-8 |
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Very nice example of the 1828, JR-2, jpbone! I can only agree: the open-collar/large date 1828 CBD is a difficult coin to find. The rarity rating for JR-2 is (only) R-3, but it sure seems a lot scarcer than that. This was one of the more difficult coins for me to find when I was looking for one a few years ago. In terms of scarcity, I rank it up there close to 1809 JR-1, 1811/09 JR-1 and 1814 JR-5 to name a few classic 'difficult-to-find' large diameter CBDs. It certainly is, in my opinion, quite a bit more difficult to find than the closed collar/small date 1828, JR-1. From what I have seen, the number of small date/closed collar 1828s offered at any given time outnumber the large dates/open collar by a factor of at least 2 to 1. Your example is a nice and original coin which I would grade VG8. Thank you johntookit for the explanation as to why the old-design 1828 is called the JR-2, and the new-design closed collar JR-1. I often thought it should be the other way around. Here are pictures (a bit fuzzy) of my JR-2. It is unfortunately not entirely problem free with a rim nick on obverse, but it will have to do for now. As I said, they are difficult to find!   Edited by GERMANICVS
12/09/2015 03:48 am
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Thanks for all the comments everyone. PCGS has the as a VG-8. I agree with that. A rare purchase for me off of ebay, so you could have cheated if you wanted to on guessing the grade. GERMANICVS, your example is very nice. Looks problem free to me. The tiny nick on the obverse rim does not detract IMO. |
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I'm in the vg-8 camp as well...
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