How much does a small hole drilled in an old coin drop the value? Like a necklace hole but less than 1/8" big. I fell into a 1831 capped bust dime at an auction earlier this week and I knew it had a hole in it when I bought it. Because it isn't in "that" good of shape I would say its probly less than 'good', so Red Book shows G4 is worth $30 or less. I wasnt really bidding on that coin. The auctioneer thought it was an old cent, but he also thought an 1877 Liberty Seated dime and a 1857 Flying Eagle were just 'old pennies' too. Since I had looked at them earlier I knew different, so the bidding war was on with one other fellow. Up to $18 we went (a 50 cents at a time) before I stopped the auctioneer short as he was pumping me for more, and I asked "this is for all three coins and not choice right?.." when he confirmed all three I said "oh yeah" as I raised my thumb. Well, the other guy immediately stopped bidding like he knew he already lost, so I got all three for $19. I think the Liberty Dime alone will be worth about $100-125 (with that cc mintmark!):kewl:
A holed common date, well worn capped bust dime is worth around 10 bucks. You may have over estimated the worth on the '77 cc dime. It would need to be in AU condition before commanding a price north of $100. Seems like you did get a nice deal for $19 though Mike
I'll try to take some pics later tomorrow and post, then I can let your eyes help on the grades. (not that I'll ever sell them)
Unfortunately, mid 1870s CC dimes are not worth a lot more than their -P and -S mintmarked counterparts.
