I'm not a dime man but these took my breath away. Taking their pictures wasn't hard. Grasping their worth, was. Almost half are in the mid 5-digits. I tell myself I don't collect old little coins because they're too hard to see. I'm delusional. These belonged to the late Roger Solomon and are being auctioned in a couple of weeks at the ANA show. Lance.
9 dimes x 10 = .90 cents but in real Numismatist value it will be over a Million Bucks. WOW! AWESOME & BREATHAKINGS COINS....
Die cracks. The reverse die was carried over from 1809 (it's an 1811/9) and it is pretty well shot. Amazing that there's so much detail in spite of a shattered die. Here's a bigger photo of the reverse. The toning on that one is outrageous. And I love the clash marks at Liberty's eye. Lance.
More than I can afford!!! a gemmy set of 9 there all Au or better!! And 1811 clashed obv is great too have too! :kewl:
The other half are in the mid 6-digits ! heh ...but seriously, folks... I gotta hand it to ya. Those are FABULOUS pieces. I was most amazed at the 1796. Darn thing actually has a good strike for the day - a true rarity.
Here's something interesting about the 1807... Back in the day, the reverse dies were used for both dimes and $2.5 gold ! They were the same size and design, so why not ? In fact, legendary collector Ed Price built a collection upon that theme - the dies shared 'twixt two denominations and the die marriages and remarriages. It's fascinating to trace the die states as a given reverse die was swapped between the two. By 1807, mint workers knew the Draped Bust design was going away and the Capped Bust design coming on, so the 1807 DB dimes got less emphasis. Mintage was fairly low - so low they needed only a single die marriage to make all 1807 dimes. And here's the rub... They used a reverse die that had already been used on quarter eagles. Four different die marriages, in fact. In other words, the reverse die for all 1807 dimes was already heavily worn before it struck its first dime. It was no longer flat, but buckled. One can see that very plainly in the weakness of the reverse legend, particularly "UNIT". Even mint state 1807 dimes show that weakness to some extent.
If you can get a copy of Ed's auction catalog do it. It's a fascinating reference work. It's really educational and reveals "what happened when" regarding die marriage and re-marriage across denominations.
See, that's why you have to pay attention. Those dimes were made before 1964, so they're actually 90% silver. At this morning's prices, they're worth at least $27.
:smile WAIT! do not ship it yet... I will make a very good offer i doubled it. I will pay $ 55 plus 4.99 Priority Mail box shipping cost.:thumb:
