1820 Capped Bust Dime

[Bharpring]

Dug only my second capped bust dime, this one is an 1820 Capped Bust Dime (cleaned only with distilled water). Also dug an early bone button and KGIII Hibernia.

 

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[philber]

Congrats! An 1820 capped dime is my oldest US silver also.

 

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[burlbark]

That coin needs a 30 second dip in lemon juice then rinsed. Then it spends the next month on top of the wood fireplace this winter getting a nice even tone and dulling of the scratches.

 

[Hunter1805]

have an expert look at the coin who is knowledgeable in Die Marriages .. Why you may ask .. I had a 1820 dime and placed it on E Bay. I figured I would get $200-$300 dollars for the coin and that was a fair price . The bidding went to $600 the first day and when it was all done I sold the coin for $3300.00. The guy who won sent me an E-Mail after the fact and after he paid me. The coin turned out to be a very rare die marriage. In the coin world it was a R-7 with only 12 or less known to exist. If i did not have 2 people who were collectors, I would have sold it for $200-$300. I got lucky that 2 people knew about the coin. FYI it was resold for $7200.00 .. Lesson Learned ........Have some one look at it. Take pictures and send it to the PCGS web site message board they will know for sure.

 

[Bharpring]

have an expert look at the coin who is knowledgeable in Die Marriages .. Why you may ask .. I had a 1820 dime and placed it on E Bay. I figured I would get $200-$300 dollars for the coin and that was a fair price . The bidding went to $600 the first day and when it was all done I sold the coin for $3300.00. The guy who won sent me an E-Mail after the fact and after he paid me. The coin turned out to be a very rare die marriage. In the coin world it was a R-7 with only 12 or less known to exist. If i did not have 2 people who were collectors, I would have sold it for $200-$300. I got lucky that 2 people knew about the coin. FYI it was resold for $7200.00 .. Lesson Learned ........Have some one look at it. Take pictures and send it to the PCGS web site message board they will know for sure.

That is interesting. I will send some pics to PCGS message board. Thanks!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Don't know how I missed this post. Absolutely a great find!!!! Major congrats toyou!

 

[Bharpring]

have an expert look at the coin who is knowledgeable in Die Marriages .. Why you may ask .. I had a 1820 dime and placed it on E Bay. I figured I would get $200-$300 dollars for the coin and that was a fair price . The bidding went to $600 the first day and when it was all done I sold the coin for $3300.00. The guy who won sent me an E-Mail after the fact and after he paid me. The coin turned out to be a very rare die marriage. In the coin world it was a R-7 with only 12 or less known to exist. If i did not have 2 people who were collectors, I would have sold it for $200-$300. I got lucky that 2 people knew about the coin. FYI it was resold for $7200.00 .. Lesson Learned ........Have some one look at it. Take pictures and send it to the PCGS web site message board they will know for sure.

So I just got confirmation that the 1820 Capped Bust Dime is a variety JR-2 Rarity 3. Thanks for the idea.

 

[mindcrime1988]

Awesome find. Congratulations.