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Valued Member
South Africa
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I hade the money so I decided to buy the Seated dime, rather get it now than later it's off and the what ifs lol. It's not the best condition but rather safe than sorry  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Obverse pic, please! That residue will likely come off with acetone.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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How expensive that was?
My very-long-term plans include a CC mint coin, and I'm thinking of either this date or the 1875. (That or an 1878-CC Morgan, that might be cheaper.)
It's likely to be a good deal more worn that this one, obviously.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
Gotta love those "CC" coins!
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Valued Member
 South Africa
331 Posts |
I will post the obverse as soon as I get it cause it's grainy when enlarged
it was $15 not a bad price I think
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Very nice addition to your collection.
I am curious what the obverse looks like .. once you get it.
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Valued Member
United States
384 Posts |
This may be a stupid question but what makes a cc coin more desirable?
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Valued Member
South Africa
331 Posts |
Well for me it's the wild west and lode mining and also that I saw the
coin press and how it worked.
nostalgia I guess
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
To me ...Carson City (CC) coins are history. Not sure how many I have ... but I want more ...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This may be a stupid question but what makes a cc coin more desirable? The Carson City mint was only open for about 25 years so that alone makes their coins desireable. It was built because of a huge silver find called the Comstock Lode would be another reason. Many years and denominations struck at the CC mint have relatively low mintage figures too. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@teslacoil this is what makes them desirable to me   The original 1882 receipt from the V&T Railroad came from a shop across the street from the mint. It's signed by Yerington, one of the original Bonanza families. It's a substantial receipt for lumber delivery and was probably paid in cc and s mint gold coins. By 1882 the whole enterprise at Virginia City was winding down rapidly. All the big lodes were discovered before 1875, though the heavy industrialization continued with futile deep shafts and Sutro's long drainage tunnel. There's a tour of the tunnel coming up next weekend. http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/la...-tunnel-site "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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09/19/2016 1:00 pm
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Valued Member
South Africa
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YES GR58 that's the point I don't think there is another coin that can hold a candle to a CC coin in history highs and lows the struggles of the miners.
such a rich history.
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Valued Member
United States
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If you want good value CCs, try looking at 1871-74 CC half dollars. They cost a couple hundred each in low grades, have the CC history associated with them, and only a couple hundred are estimated to survive for each one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Take some acetone to the reverse on this one :)
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