1893 Round Top Dime

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Danlos , you are a bad Boy and you need a spankin'!

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Nice piece Danlos and a great price for a priceless coin. I remember seeing that coin on E-bay, I think it may have been on the J & M auction site. I purchased my VF-30 for less than $200.00 from a non collector in California who had it listed on E-bay in a 7 day auction.
The scan was not soo great and the bidding started out slow. I knew that whoever was familiar with the variety would bid hard on it at the end. Just minutes prior to the end I placed a $500.00 bid on it and to my amazement I won it less than $200.00. Off to I.C.C.S. the coin went and returned an Obverse #6 at VF-30.
As far as my 2010 I.C.C.S. Population Report goes, there are only "6" Large 9's graded above EF-40. It appears to be a fairly new Variety because my 1994 Charlton Cat does not list it in there. I don't know when the Variety was actually recognized, but it will be interesting to see how it does in the next 5-10 years in trends, as well as watching the Population reports. Even U.S. T.P.G.'s have very few graded/known. I always keep an eye out for 'em when the are listed as a raw piece by an auctioneer who does not know what they have. One lower grade popped up on E-bay not long ago and sold for just under $300.00 (raw). The variety is slowly catching the attention of dime enthusiasts and has been one of my all time favorites.
How is your 1908 dime? A new Variety has just popped up recently and is highly sought after. It is the 8 over 8 variety (8/8), some call it the re-cut/re-punched "8". I purchased a P.C.G.S. MS-62 1908 a few years back. Cracked it out and sent it in to I.C.C.S. raw. They sent it back slabbed as an 8/8 variety >AU-58. It is now listed in C.C.N. trends.

Glenn

My 2000 Charlton has it and the pop report for 2001 shows no EFs and only 2 AU 55's and 1 MS 60. My 2003 shows it broken out into Obv 5 and Obv 6 but nothing "attributed" over VF20 at that time. The 2006 lists 1 EF in Obv 5 and 1 EF and 1 AU in Obv 6. The muddy part will be if anyone told ICCS if they were resubmitting one of the unattributed ones so the pop reports could be adjusted. 06 is the latest pop report I have. Hope that helps

Check out the latest 1893 Round Top dime to hit E-bay by Bluenose Coins. A gorgeous drop dead EF-40 and in the Top 10 best I.C.C.S known. Worth every penny, or should I say dime!


Glenn

To 1cent, when I state drop dead gorgeous, keep in mind this is a 120 year old coin, once circulated, not an MS-65 1961 silver dollar with blast white luster. And further more remember the RARITY of this coin. Ever heard the saying "beggars are not choosers", well when you look at the 2010, I.C.C.S. Population Report and it states there are only graded higher. This known stat would make you and I Beggars, not choosers, with that in mind and what I've seen of Round Top's in the past ten years, they don't come any nicer for the grade.

Glenn

Your arguments (and counter-arguments) are based on Canadian versus international customers. My question would be, are your 1893 Round Top 3s "international" calibre grades and coins? Do they have strong eye-appeal? Would they fare well at an international market (like a Heritage auction)? If so, then PCGS. If you want to protect them, and realize your return in a Canadian market, consider using CCCS hard slabs instead of the ICCS soft flip.