Featured The Two Earliest Dimes in My Collection

I have had these two coins for a long time in my collection. However, these are much better pictures which finally reflect the way the coins actually look in hand.
Both are JR-2 varieties for their years.

Please feel free to assess the grade you think these two early dimes deserve.

Thanks!

 

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Nice Coins by the way. I'm going to have to use my Grading book for these two lovely Gal's . I'll be back said Arnold .

 

@Eduard Okay I'm ready . I'll take a shot in the dark here. Boy these are Beautiful coins !
1796- VF40
1801 - VF30

 

Are these "raw" ? I tried to use my trusty Grading Book. I hope your not too disappointed @Eduard .
I recommend this book if you don't mind, okay?

 

Very nice coins, thanks for sharing, as for grade...I wouldn't care to guess on those 2.

 

Yes, intuitively I use ANA standards.
You are also correct with regard to slabbing. As with the bulk of my collection, these two are not slabbed. I thank my heirs will be very busy one day....

 

Thank you, Sal. All comments are appreciated.

 

Wow! 2 more great early US coins. I think they are both solidly xf, the 1796 may even go AU with some field luster . A couple of dream coins for me, in that state of preservation.

 

Beautiful dimes, I love the second one, mainly for the toning.

 

No experience with these, but I'll guess around XF40 for both.

 

Oh well, if you insist, I'll take them both. According to what I have viewed online and at our local dealer, they both could be in grades F to VF. Personally, I think they could be a bit higher, hope I'm right. I like them, thanks for sharing them.

 

Now that's what I call "early!" Very well done, champ!

 

Ya just don't see coins like that very often. Grade? Haven't a guess, but they are nice.

 

Grade? I wouldn't have a clue, but I love them! I like circulated coins, and these are circulated, but not badly circulated. The oldest dime I have is an 1814. It's in decent condition as to wear, but very dark. Very good, thanks for posting.

Oh, one more thing, I too prefer coins not in a slab. That's just me. I appreciate the ones that are in slabs, but try to not collect them. Thanks again.

 

I think that with early issues, the strike is just as important as what may appear to be ware, so each indiv. coin should be graded for it's sole qualities and not necessarily by a certain set of rules.

 

Wow! Nice dimes. I have a few, but nothing as pretty as those two. Thanks for showing them to us.

 

VF 35
VF 35/EF 40, a tough call. The reverse appears a higher grade than the obverse.
These are extremely nice coins! It’s always a treat to see your early coins.

 

Eduard:
You may find useful the grading service PGCS.com, whose web site has an extremely complete and profusely illustrated photo gallery of all grades of US coins. Like any system, it has discussable calls, but it IS what they say is the basis of their grading decisions and, at least among US collectors, carries some weight. I use it in conjunction with the ANA book. (I also avidly collect early US, and I LOVE the pieces you show us.)
Dave S.