Just wondering if there's anything to this or is this imagination at work? I did see this coin was sold at heritage a couple weeks ago for 700. Now this seller has added their opinion and trying to mark it up. They were asking 1500 when I first saw it. Just curious about this. I honestly wouldn't ever pay that much for a hole. Ever. I don't care if it really was the only one. I love how they say "yes it's holed. I didn't do it and you're not paying extra for it... Really?
I'll give him $1 free shipping , unless on Etsy . All I hear is Blah Blah Blah ............... ! Only known one , right !
With that level of wear, it’s difficult to determine whether or not it’s a retained cud or a full cud, since a retained cud could definitely wear down like that given how much circulation that dime saw. That said, the cud is extremely rare (I believe that there are fewer than 10 known, but I can’t remember the exact number). It’s a shame that someone decided to hole it, because it definitely hurts its value and appeal. But, if you’re a bust dime cud collector, then it’s definitely better than no coin at all.
In these earlier series, some collectors (the scholarly type?), are more interested in obtaining varieties than fretting about "problems".
Probably worth more than the 700 it sold for, but that hole kills it for me as a dealer. If, however, I had a collection and was on a budget, trying to fill all the slots, I'd consider it. If I was collecting die states and found out this was a new one, I'd be all over it.
I was just curious about it. I know nothing really about coins this old. But I know there's always people in ebay with their opinions about something.
Interesting 1802 dime. What NSP said, a coin with Good details has enough wear to make the full/retained cud determination difficult, if not impossible. From the 2015 Bust Dime Variety Identification Guide, "In low grades this retained cud appears full, but this is due to wear as no full cuds have been confirmed for this die marriage." [edit - 1802 JR-4] I used to collect the series and kept one coin, an 1803 JR-3 VLDS with a retained cud, which can be determined on a lower grade coin by the amount of vertical displacement of the cud. I bought on eBay and this coin ended up as an article in Coin World:
