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New Member
United Kingdom
33 Posts |
Hello everyone! Just a little game I think would be interesting. I picked up this dime a few months back and I just got the results back from grading. Dime has some great mint luster which is why I picked it up and unfortunately no prizes for winners :) I'll post a reply update on the 30th July for anyone interested Hope you had fun!   |
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Valued Member
United States
416 Posts |
I'll go AU Details - Damage, for getting gouged above the head. What happed up there?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
My grade is Unc details damaged. Unfortunate because it is otherwise a great looking coin.  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
Australia
599 Posts |
UNC details
Watch your top knot
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1510 Posts |
I go with Au with damage.  Edited by Allcoinage
07/25/2025 10:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1653 Posts |
Large date, wide border. Die clash and an about to crack die?
Possibly given an AU, details, damaged.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5663 Posts |
I'd say Unc details. Nice reverse die cracks, and other than the obverse damage, a beautiful coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7614 Posts |
I'm in the AU Details Damaged column. Other than the damage, it is a lovely coin!
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New Member
 United Kingdom
33 Posts |
From memory the heavy marks on the obverse were very smooth and flat to the touch.
- However, if there are scrapes and the coin is not really circulated you would feel the raised edges of the scrape no? Some of the metal would be displaced upwards and would feel a little sharp / at least a bump?
What if these are adjustment marks / other damage made to the planchet before striking?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18644 Posts |
 with everyone regarding grade at AU details ( PMD) the reverse marks are die cracks. there is also another one at K7 reverse next to the denomination. there also appear to be an X across the shield but there is too much glare from you lighting to determine that accurately. they used these dies until the fell apart and in a most cases just switched out the one die with a different on so you end up with mismatched dies. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5663 Posts |
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there also appear to be an X across the shield This is a JR-4 variety. The marks on the shield are a confluence of die cracks. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73798 Posts |
I agree, AU Details. Still a nice looking coin.
Errers and Varietys.
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New Member
United Kingdom
33 Posts |
Hello, Back for the update and I can imagine everyone will be pretty surprised. Honestly now that it's in a holder the marks don't seem as bad or as deep if that's any consolation. I think this is an example of textbook net-grading to an MS 62  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7614 Posts |
It would be nice to see which auction company sent it in to NGC for grading. Too much damage in my book to be straight graded. To each his own.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
I've handled raw 1814 dimes with a similar look (without damage) that graded Gem. First impression without the damage is 64 or 65. The coin is flashy and attractive enough to not place into a details holder, and it still remains collectable. I see a net grade MS-62 is appropriate here. I love the coin!
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New Member
United Kingdom
33 Posts |
Contrary to Westernsky's opinion I sent this coin in myself and almost never grade anything American let alone as valuable as this so let's put the tin foil hats away.
Off of eye appeal handling the coin raw, myself and the dealer I bought it from said this was a 63 - 64 ignoring the hits so I can understand lowering it a couple grades.
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Posted 07/25/2025 9:53 pm
