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This was Heritage, 6 years ago. I had this auction saved, even though I just watched, and wished! http://coins.ha.com/common/view_ite...=30164#PhotoFor those that cannot sign in, this coin Sold for: $1,035,000.00 (includes BP ) Quote:Burd-8. Ice Cream Specimen. Good 4. Robert Freidberg (Gimbels Department Store, New York, 1957); Art Kagin; New Netherlands Coin Co. (51st Sale, 6/1958) lot 581, $3,200; Art Kagin; Harmer Rooke (11/1969) $7,400; James G. Johnson; 1980 ANA (Steve Ivy Numismatic Auctions), lot 1804 $31,000; 1981 ANA (Bowers and Ruddy), lot 2921 $25,500; Bowers and Merena (3/1989), lot 191, $33,000; private collector. Johnson-7, Breen-10, Encyclopedia-11, Lawrence-9, Stack's-10.  swcoin.ecrater.com
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Wow! That is definitely a goal of mine. Imagine holding onto a coin that allows you to retire. What made that dime worth so much money? Was it a rare coin?
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lol - yes Collecta83, it's an EXTREMELY rare coin.
Thanks for posting Vermontensium. I was looking at a Libertas Americana that sold on HA for about $25k last October. For me, that's (I hope) a realistic goal. =)
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It had a reported mintage of only 24 and several of those are considered lost or unaccounted for.
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Was it a rare coin?
yes they are............... The 1894-S Barber dime is a dime produced in the United States Barber coinage. It has been compared to the 1804 Silver Dollar and the 1913 Liberty nickel. It is one of the most highly prized United States coins for collectors. One was sold in 2005 for 1.3 million dollars.[1] Another was sold in 2007 for 1.9 million dollars.[2] Only 24 were minted and of those only nine are known to survive. In the first half of 1894, 24 proofs of the Barber series dimes were minted in San Francisco, which is where the 'S' in the common name of the coin comes from. Very little is known as fact about the dimes. The superintendent of the San Francisco Mint is said to have had them minted as gifts for some important bankers. Further, three of the dimes were said to have been given to the superintendent's daughter who allegedly spent one on ice cream and sold the other two in the 1950s. Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Wow! That is definitely a goal of mine. Imagine holding onto a coin that allows you to retire. What made that dime worth so much money? Was it a rare coin? Just a lot of stories that there was a really low mintage. I just never let anyone know I have an entire roll of those.  I'm just waiting for the price to get a bit higher then I'll start selling mine.  Wonder what would happen if someone did pop up with a roll of those. Or a roll of 1913 Liberty Head Nickels. |
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Coop sent me an old Barber dime Whitman folder that actually has a spot for the 1894-S that says "Rare", 24 minted  The folders cover says: Barber dimes, Liberty Dime, or Morgan Dime....hilarious! swcoin.ecrater.com
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thats funny-- does coop have any barber half folders?
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Wonder what would happen if someone did pop up with a roll of those. Or a roll of 1913 Liberty Head Nickels.
I think the auction prices would go down just a bit. Still six figures though with as many people that have wanted and can afford one. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Wow. That is a rare coin. I learned something agian today guys.
A guy at the post office the other day told me that he remembers his dad using a 1913 Nickel to play a pinball machine. He wishes that he had kept it! Do not know how he remembered that.
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I added this to my dime searching cheat sheet.
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24 coins were struck. They are business strikes from brand new dies not proofs even though the TPG's have been calling them proofs. Five of the 24 coins were destroyed as assay pieces. The 24 pieces were struck to round off the 1894 fiscal years dime coinage to an even dollar amount. (The 1894 fiscal year ran from July 1 1893 to June 30 1894. 1,491,421 dimes dated 1893 were struck during fiscal year 1894 during calendar year 1893. Twenty four 1894 dimes were struck in June of 1894 to bring the fiscal year total for the silver coinage to an even dollar amount. I'm sure it was believed that more 1894 dimes would be struck during the first half of fiscal 1895.) Before 1894 the fiscal year dollar amounts of the coinage did not come out to even dollar amounts. Beginning in Fiscal 1894 and there after they do. Edited by Conder101
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markj11 - I hope you added it as "almost certainly counterfeit"! =)
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A guy at the post office the other day told me that he remembers his dad using a 1913 Nickel to play a pinball machine I doubt that-- maybe a 1913 buffalo The 1913 Liberty Head Nickel is one of the most valuable coins in the world. Only 5 specimens are confirmed to exist, although there is an intriguing hint that there might be a sixth. The finest-known 1913 Liberty nickel is valued at a minimum of $5 million, the price for which it sold in May of 2007. Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Further, three of the dimes were said to have been given to the superintendent's daughter who allegedly spent one on ice cream... Well, I hope she got a darn good scoop then. |
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