Old cleaning, but "market-acceptable", in my opinion. Handsome coin. I dunno if I'd quite call it XF40- I'd be more in the VF25-30 camp, personally. Due to the old cleaning and the minor rim cuts, it might or might not straight-grade at a TPG. But it's a nice coin, regardless. Would look great in a Dansco 7070 or similar type set album.
Not happy about the small rim dents obv & rev. Lite scratches in the fields. I wouldn't buy it as a straight VF due to those issues. Maybe try for a no stars issue of 1837-38 with the same problems but accurately graded?
I think technically with New Orleans love of using worn out dies it’s an xf 40. But with the rim damage and the scratches I see it either getting net graded down to 30 or more likely vf details damage
Would come back VF details. It's very hard to find raw seated dimes that will straight grade now. Unlike Morgans and some other series these coins actually circulated for decades, and I suppose many, many examples have been "cleaned-up" over the years to make them look presentable. I think it's pretty though. So put it in a Dansco album and enjoy it.
Wow straight XF40? I collect foreign so I'm used to seeing how very critical NGC is of foreign coins made in the 1600 and 1700's: even marking down several grades for mint induced flaws and errors. Usually smaller coins like 1/2 & 1 dimes are easier to protect so tend to get less bangs than big coins. Thus getting a clean XF-40 for a dime like this interesting.
Yet if you would have seen the back half of the order where the last 4/5 coins all went details. A Morgan that was cracked from a DMPL holder. On a side note, PCGS straight graded this 41-O on eBay with more scratches, or at least heavier.
Agree with all the VF-details people. I can't tell how deep the scratches are from the photo. But there's more than 1, and they are long.
I can't say that the scratches aren't there, which was the reason I waited so long to submit it. Yet in hand the scratches aren't as pronounced as they show in the images. I'll take more pictures when they arrive... HOPEFULLY this week
Well maybe they have evidence Abe Lincoln had it when he was a young lawyer or something. I'm going to have to look in my box of stuff for old Lib Seated dimes I used to save when I was a kid. I'm sure I have some from the 1850's, maybe an 1853 or a 52-O or something. I recall one coin dealer trying to sell me an 1852-O around that grade for $35 or something. Maybe I bought it? This was a while ago: one aunt told me of how they used to get indian cents in circulation and my other aunt got a beautiful AU 1899 or 98 Liberty $20 gold for face one day. Still has it. No bagmarks at all but is an AU.