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New Member
United States
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Found this beauty metal detecting. Since it was dug, is it worth it to have it graded? I am curious as to its value (of course)!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
753 Posts |
Yes! Even if just to be authenticated. While this coin appears to have suffered environmental damage from its time in the ground, the details are very sharp! This is an AU (About Uncirculated) Details coin, I think!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like LM-2. You should definitely send this to a major TPG.  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
01/02/2022 8:27 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
363 Posts |
Wow!
As a detectorist myself I've found my share of 'rare' coins in the ground and seen lots of low mintage coins emerge from the dirt. Sadly many are seemed 'details' due to corrosion, however, yours has fantastic detail remaining and is in remarkable condition from the ground...being a very low mintage issue, grading would give you a baseline to a value your find.
Remarkable recovery! A winner for sure!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could be easily a high 4 figures or low 5 figures coin, I agree with other send it in to get it preserve and graded.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
Wowowowowoowowow NICE find!
Worth a few thousand+ is my guess.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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We are waiting for the evaluation results TPG. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, quite the find!  definitely worth sending in. Whatever you do, do not try and clean it any further. If you want to attempt any conservation yourself, I would read up on safe processes here on the forum, otherwise, you can also request conservation with the TPG you select for grading. I'd agree with AU Details , ED. Congrats! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Amazing and wonderful find. Congratulations!
Certified AU-50 examples of this date have sold for around $6000 in the last few years. This coin has AU detail, but has damage so the sale value would likely be less.
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 United States
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow! What a beautifully preserved rare bust dime. Incredible that this was found in this condition in the ground. It must not have spent a lot of time there. Wonder how it ended up there. The 1803 is by far the rarest of the bust dimes in higher grades. The PCGS census top 10 for this coin includes AU53 coins which this one may be. There were 5 die varieties of the 1803 dime and some are extremely rare. It would be advisable to have the grading service attribute the variety on the holder as you may have additional premium if it is a rarer variety. Congratulations! and 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
01/03/2022 4:35 pm
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New Member
 United States
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So I took it to a local coin shop today. He said it was cleaned at some time, and being it is environmentally damaged its value is around $1600. He also said they won't grade it due to it being environmentally damaged. He made no mention of die varieties. He said its not really worth sending it in for grading.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Don't do any more business with that coin shop and send it in to PCGS. The coin shop probably does not know how to attribute for varieties and would have made a lot of money if you had sold it to them for $1,600. Their attribution means nothing. You want PCGS's attribution on their holder. You would probably tender it to an major auction house like Heritage for sale. Heritage will also help you submit the coin to PCGS. I would google Great Collections, contact Raeleen by phone and ask how they can help you auction this item. They will market the coin and sell it for no fee to you. There will be grading fees and they can help arrange the grading submission for you. They'll be cheaper than Heritage, Stacks, Legend or Goldbergs. Good luck.
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.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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$1,600 is rather on the low end, if you're not hungry for cash then I would hold it until you fully understand what you have. But you do need to send it PCGS or NGC to authenticate and have it attributed.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you need cash, Great Collections and every other large auction house will give you a cash advance on this coin prior to sale nowadays. Likely more than $1,600. The important thing is that the auction houses' interests are aligned with yours. The more the coin sells for at auction, the more money they make in seller's fees. 10% in the case of GC, but higher at other top tier auction houses up to 20%. In the local coin shop, they will try to buy it for as little as possible.
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.com |
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