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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3603564, member: 10461"]The 1797 Draped Bust dime with 16 stars had the stars on the <i>obverse</i>, and the Small Eagle reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>1798/7 Draped Bust dime</b>, on the other hand, had 16 stars on the <i>reverse</i>, and the Heraldic Eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like so: <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]964539[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the photos with the big stupid Photobucket watermark, but that's all I have for the moment. The coin did not arrive today. Maybe tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>So yeah, this amazingly kind stranger just sent me one heck of a love token.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the VG details of the reverse, this would be a $1,200-1,400-ish coin if it had a matching obverse. It is, in my estimation, still a $500+ item as a love token. That's a much narrower niche market, but one I've participated in over the last decade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am thrilled. Not only is this an amazing love token, right at the moment I was thinking about picking those up again, but it is also the first piece of 1700s US silver I have owned in 43 years of collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I have owned four or five 1790s large cents and one Draped Bust dime before, which was an 1805. The small-denomination Draped silver- those dimes and half dimes- are <i>tough</i>!)</p><p><br /></p><p>For a <i>buck-fifty-five</i> investment. A dollar bill, and the stamp it cost me to mail that payment. I'm glad I took him up on that offer!</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks to Rick, who knowingly gave me this mindblowing cherrypick, and charged me exactly what it cost him, decades ago, when he himself cherrypicked it. He turned down a $30 offer for it at the time, and wisely so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3603564, member: 10461"]The 1797 Draped Bust dime with 16 stars had the stars on the [I]obverse[/I], and the Small Eagle reverse. The [B]1798/7 Draped Bust dime[/B], on the other hand, had 16 stars on the [I]reverse[/I], and the Heraldic Eagle. Like so: :) [ATTACH=full]964539[/ATTACH] Sorry for the photos with the big stupid Photobucket watermark, but that's all I have for the moment. The coin did not arrive today. Maybe tomorrow. So yeah, this amazingly kind stranger just sent me one heck of a love token. Based on the VG details of the reverse, this would be a $1,200-1,400-ish coin if it had a matching obverse. It is, in my estimation, still a $500+ item as a love token. That's a much narrower niche market, but one I've participated in over the last decade. I am thrilled. Not only is this an amazing love token, right at the moment I was thinking about picking those up again, but it is also the first piece of 1700s US silver I have owned in 43 years of collecting. (I have owned four or five 1790s large cents and one Draped Bust dime before, which was an 1805. The small-denomination Draped silver- those dimes and half dimes- are [I]tough[/I]!) For a [I]buck-fifty-five[/I] investment. A dollar bill, and the stamp it cost me to mail that payment. I'm glad I took him up on that offer! Many thanks to Rick, who knowingly gave me this mindblowing cherrypick, and charged me exactly what it cost him, decades ago, when he himself cherrypicked it. He turned down a $30 offer for it at the time, and wisely so.[/QUOTE]
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