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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Please look at e-bay listing and give me your advise 361584310907I am thinking of buying this dime Tim Hughes
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Many of the coins this seller offers have been cleaned, even polished, by the looks of them. I don't think this one is any exception to that rule.
Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They're notorious for cleaned and polished coins. I would keep looking.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4337 Posts |
looks like a ground dig maybe
not problem free by any means
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
VF-Details perhaps, negative eye appeal. Not sure if all of the problems are fully priced in at $198.99.
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Pillar of the Community
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745 Posts |
I was wondering about the greenish look and the black marks
Tim Hughes
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd pass. It's butt-ugly and overgraded.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
745 Posts |
Thanks everyone for your input
Tim Hughes
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
The price is below retail for a problem free coin.
But this coin is not problem free.
It has poor eye appeal with surface problems.
As others posted, this coin may have spent some
time in the ground.
The hard part is trying to figure out how much the
problems lower the price. And the worry should be
if you ever want to sell the coin, problem coins do
not sell easy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For comparison here is my example of this coin, graded VF-30 by PCGS. Obviously the ebay coin is lower grade than mine, plus the surfaces are not original. I'd grade the ebay dime F-12 for details; IMO it's overpriced given the negative appeal and surface problems. Interesting observation: the PCGS price guide shows this coin as a "Type 5, Legend Obverse" variety when actually it is a "Type 3, Stars Obverse" (or, a "Type 2" if you go by Red Book terminology). It is the only 1860-dated dime with stars obverse which is one reason I wanted an example for my collection.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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I like early SF and if this was pre 1860 I'd be interested. IMO it's too expensive for all the problems it has.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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