Key Date Seated Liberty Dime

[winslow]

It's been a while since I've found a silver seated coin so I was jazzed to find this dime that was only about one inch deep at what must have been an old campsite I discovered in the woods. There were no nails but lots of deteriorated cans and a few interesting non-ferrous targets. Just the one coin but after clean up I could read the date and see that it was in pretty good condition.

Took the coin to the local coin shop and the guy offered me $450 for it after looking at it for about 10 seconds. Wow! I didn't sell it ...

Included a pic of a few other things found at same place. Not sure what the round silvery looking thing is. It's kind of soft and feels like lead. Maybe a cap to something. Chinese??

In any event this is one of my best value coins that I've ever found so I'm on cloud 9 (make that 10!) right now.

 

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[mikefromIllinois]

WOW. Congratulations on the key-date. I think the seated's are my favorite designed coin.

 

[Mackaydon]

Great find; !!
If it were mine, I'd send it off for grading in today's mail.
Looks to be in an MS grade.

Don.......

 

[Tommy G]

Nice detail on that one. Congrats!

 

[SmilingCat]

SCORE! What a great find. The dime is in excellent shape.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a great dime and other nice finds

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful seated dime, congratulations!

 

[caprock]

That ornate item is half of an 1850s gold rush belt buckle.
Here's a complete one

 

[winslow]

Thanks Caprock! I did find at a gold camp so that makes sense.

 

[toasted]

Excellent dig. Seated silver from the 1860s is nearly impossible to find though now looking at your banner find, not so much for you

 

[JeffInMass]

Finding a Seated is always sweet- finding a key-date worth that kind of $$ is even sweeter- Congrats!!

-- Jeff --

 

[$stinger]

very nice seated

 

[port ewen ace]

she's CUTE!!!!!!!

 

[Ogre1190]

Beautiful condition. Well done! 😁

 

[Z.K.]

Woah, that's a serious coin. From looking at your banner and earlier finds, you are King Seated!

 

[BIENER]

Nice pictures! Congratulations.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Utterly sweet. And don't you love how us west coast guys get all the key date S mints over here ? Who wants boring LC's, colonials, and busts afterall ? ha !

 

[Metal Magnet]

awesome coin, awesome condition - congrats!

 

[Chizzy]

That's a stunning seated dime!! She looks great for 165.........Congratulations!!

 

[mikeinOC1]

Wow ! what a pretty lady. The detail on your find is amazing..