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Picked this up today. It is a 2 year type with the small eagle reverse but this first year issue is not the most rare due to some stoppers in the early bust dime series. This one should not be hard to find, but kindly post your thoughts here before looking up the sale. Thanks!  Ron Guth (for Coinfacts): 1796 was the first year that Dimes were struck in America. Six varieties (different die combinations) are known for the year, all of which are either scarce or rare. 1796 Dimes are very rare in Uncirculated condition and most examples fall in the MS-62 to MS-64 range. Gem and better examples are extremely rare. Varieties (6): JR-1 - Scarce JR-2 - Very Scarce JR-3 - Rare JR-4 - Very Scarce JR-5 - Rare JR-6 - Very Scarce.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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MS62 That is a strange gathering of metal on the T. I like light toning. Nice pick up of a wonderful coin.
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Nice coin! 64 would not surprise me at all!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Assuming those horizontal lines are adjustment marks?
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Pillar of the Community
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Look like adjustment marks on the reverse to me. I'm at MS63, great looking piece  |
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I'll take a shot at MS-62. The toning makes it hard to see contact marks. I find this a very attractive coin.
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Asking about apparent adjustment marks on obverse, not reverse.
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Lovely and well preserved example of our early USA coinage history. The reported technical grade of a founding coin in this range does not matter - any appearance reinforces the vitality and small sample size of the remaining examples from USA formative mint days. |
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MS(62)?. I have only the 1797 one in my type collection, and it is NOT an MS example--this one is gorgeous, though!
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@Adam590 - Even though it is not the same grade, the 1797 dime seems pricier than the 1796 dime in every equivalent grade. What made you choose a 1797 example for your type set when choosing a 1796 coin might have bought you a better coin? Perhaps you found a great 1797 at an unusually attractive price?
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That is a strange gathering of metal on the T. The defining characteristic of the JR-3 die pair is that the reverse die had a large piece of the die break off that caused the lump of metal or Cud above the T in the reverse. Edited by numismatic student
11/12/2021 08:54 am
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Great looking coin, I'd say MS-63.
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this one gave me headache trying to fit it into a grade. AU58 or MS63. I'm leaning to the MS side and a beautiful example of an early coin. lots of adjustment marks for such a small coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
11/23/2021 2:41 pm
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Looks good . Possibly an old wipe, which erased some of the luster. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Posted 11/11/2021 8:10 pm
