What is my 1968 No S dime worth? Pics Included

We don't even know if this is the impaired proof, i.e. no mint mark S proof, as your photos are in dark light, and not clear and small to say the least.

Once you post better pics of this coin, we can give you a better opinion on it.

It looks like an ordinary business strike from Philadelphia, which would not have a mint mark.

 

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To the person who asked about the offer of 15,000 that was another coin dealer, in port charlotte fl , and he said if it was certified he'd pay a ballpark figure of 15,000 but no more than that. He was looking to add it to his personal collection. I was looking for an exact figure and he said depending on the grade he may pay less depending on how harsh they are with grading and who I go through. That's why I asked who was the best to go through and who would give me the best grading. That offer is pending certification because of the condition not because "he changed his mind". That's ridiculous. He gave me his professional opinion on the grade , but didn't know if it would actually be graded the way he thought ( or hoped) because of the stupid spot on the top. He told me to call him when it came back to let him know what proof grade it was so that we may discussed things in further detail.

 

That's why i thought I was being bamboozled with the 5,000 uncertified offer .

 

Make sense now?

 

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It does not have a mint mark and has been checked numerous times by enough people , I understand you being a skeptic bUncirculated but its ignorant to insist that PROFESSIONAL COIN DEALERS that have been in business for years do not know what a proof looks like. They sell proofs, they collect them. If it was purely my opinion I would be skeptical as well, but its not, and to be honest if you had more than a handful of different places check a coin and say the same thing, all with independent opinions plus an online forum plus sent pics to a professional, what are the chances that they are all wrong? forgive me for saying, but It's just plain rude and ill mannered to insinuate it. Your basically saying we are all idiots that can't see.

 

jmclements - you asked for opinions on worth, but to be honest I don't think anyone can tell based on that small, dark picture in your first post. I think better pictures of the obverse & reverse are needed. Otherwise go with what the dealers' estimates were.

 

I still say take the $5K and run like the wind!

 

SGS would probably grade your coin higher than anyone else. I would venture to say that, even though your coin has circulation wear, SGS might grade your coin PF-69, maybe even PF-70. Of course, no collector (and certainly no dealer) who knows anything about the various grading services would put any stock in a grade given by SGS.

What you should consider doing is sending your coin to a legitimate grading service. (That would exclude SGS.) PCGS and NGC are considered by most collectors (and dealers) as the top two TPGs. ANACS is generally considered to rank behind PCGS and NGC. ICG rounds out the four TPGs that most collectors (and dealers) consider to be legitimate.

 

Hobo, thank you very much that is exactly the kind of info I am looking for. You seriously just answered so many questions in one post, and went above and beyond, thank you very much for taking the time in giving me an answer that I could use . You are awesome. ..... @ rickmp : lol!!!! " take the 5k and run like the wind" haha, thats priceless.

 

Taking into consideration the circulation wear is ngc harsh ?

 

I wasn't being funny, I was serious. I think you are going to be seriously disappointed.
If you do send it out to be graded, please post photo of the results here. I really want
to be proven wrong.

 

I was laughing at your wording, is all. And sure n/p .

 

Is there a reason that you've avoided posting better pictures?

 

Thats what I'm curious about too. If that's the pic that these other dealers based their opinions on it makes me very skeptical of those opinions.

 

That's now 7 times that better pictures have been requested. I'm getting skeptical of the whole story about this coin now.

 

They would grade it based on wear and strike. It could grade either as a business strike or a proof based on their opinion. Impaired proofs are still graded as proofs and can grade PR-1 through PR-70. Hard to tell from the photo, but if it is a genuine impaired proof (and I'm not saying that it isn't), it would likely grade in the PR-45 to PR-50 range.

Impaired proofs are not what most collectors would want, but such a rare coin would certainly have its share of bidders if certified by a respected TPG and brought to auction. Impaired or not.

 

You have made an extraordinary claim. Extraordinary claims, as the saying popularized by Carl Sagan goes, require extraordinary proof.

You've provided a grand total of no proof whatsoever.

You have claimed, without naming them, that multiple dealers and forums agree with you, but offered no evidence of their existence, their offers, or their analysis of the coin. This is called hearsay, and engaging in it exclusively tends to lead the cautious observer to conclude you are hiding something.

You have ignored multiple requests for photographs that might allow those from whom you seek assistance to better assist you. This is evasive, and inconsistent with your stated desire to obtain information and opinions.

You have credited a single post as being helpful, neglecting to mention (through ignorance or malice, we don't know) that every answer given in that post had been given previously, by numerous posters. This is evasive as well, and again inconsistent with your stated desire.

So, you see...BUncirculated wasn't "basically saying [you] are all idiots"...

He was "basically saying" that you're full of it.

 

Yep... I've found that "PROFESSIONAL COIN DEALERS" are not always the best people to verify rare, unusual or counterfeit coins (i.e., Susan Headley's F.U.N. experiment), and I've done the same thing with three local B&M dealers. Two out of three identified a proof-like business strike as proof and all three identified a 90% silver unmarked 1801 bust dollar replica as genuine. So I take this confirmation with a grand of salt.

 

@JMClements....don't get greedy either. As my father in law always says, "Pigs get fat, but hogs get slaughtered". If someone offers you $5k for a coin that cost you 0.10 then take it. If you let greed get in the way, you may lose money just to try and make a few extra thousand dollars. Remember, not only do you have to pay the grading fee, but you will have to pay the variety fee as well, plus the handling fee and shipping fees. We are talking over a $100 or more if you insure the coin for the minumum $5k and ship it into PCGS or NGC. Can you afford to lose $100+ dollars? Don't get greedy.