Found an 1878 Carson City seated dime today!

[FreeBirdTim]

I don't usually post my finds here, but I do a lot of posting in the general discussion forum. I'm going to make an exception today for this coin!

Never found a coin with a Carson City mint mark in ten years of metal detecting here in Rhode Island, which makes sense. But today I broke the dry spell with an 1878 cc seated dime! Tough coin to find anywhere, with a mintage of only 200,000. Damaged copies are selling for $90 to $250 on eBay. Not going to sell it, though. Hopefully, there's more where this one came from. Definitely going back to the same spot tomorrow!

Here's a couple of pics:

 

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[Jose The Goon]

Big congrats to you !! That's a beauty with very nice detail with no visible damage. The Carson City mint mark puts a cherry on top. Rare coin to boot. I'm a fellow New Englander who spent many Summers & many hours hunting in Scituate Mass. Been detecting since the 1970's. Never found a CC coin anywhere. I can feel your joy !! Fantastic find !! Great coin !!!

 

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[tamrock]

Wow! That's a really special find. I'd be tucking it away also. Who knows what the value will be in 10 years. You would hope with the low mintage, they'll be more collectors coming along adding them to their collections and reducing the availability out of private hands. I once had a nice collection of coins I gathered, beginning in the 60s and 70s along with others that were handed down to me. During the 80s I'd get the coin price publications that came out each year and prices, just hadn't changed in years throughout that decade. I was transferred with a job from California where I just got married and we moved to Colorado. When we got here to Colorado new wife said let's see if we can buy a house, instead of renting. We found one in 1988 and gathered all we can, which included a total liquidation of this coin collection I'd pack around, and bought a house with our down payment. Overall the house has gone up quite a lot, so I didn't lose, but it pains me sometimes to think of that collection of coin and how the stagnant prices all went skyward after the internet reached the hands of dang near everyone on the planet with money to spend.

 

[mjb Mike]

wow very nice

 

[ToddsPoint]

Congrats on that one. Looks to me like it would grade EF45. Little dime was a long way from home!

 

[Heavygold4me]

Great details on the coin, are you going to have it graded?

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on a FANTASTIC find !
Makes sense that the further East you go in the US - the less there would be.
I finally found my first Carson City coin last season - it only took me 14 years !

 

[cmthunder]

Never knew they had a mint! Great find

 

[JohnnyMac]

I don't usually post my finds here, but I do a lot of posting in the general discussion forum. I'm going to make an exception today for this coin!

Never found a coin with a Carson City mint mark in ten years of metal detecting here in Rhode Island, which makes sense. But today I broke the dry spell with an 1878 cc seated dime! Tough coin to find anywhere, with a mintage of only 200,000. Damaged copies are selling for $90 to $250 on eBay. Not going to sell it, though. Hopefully, there's more where this one came from. Definitely going back to the same spot tomorrow!

Here's a couple of pics:


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Wow. Thats great! Congrats on a rare find... good job

 

[river roamer]

Congrats on a very nice find Good luck finding more

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Great details on the coin, are you going to have it graded?

I'm thinking about it. Don't want to sell it, but it would look very cool if it was graded!

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Thanks for all the great replies! I knew you guys would appreciate this coin!

 

[oldmxrat]

Wow, big congrats!
I'm still seeking my first seated, and even living in Nevada I have yet to find anything from CC.

 

[UnderMiner]

Probably only one of a few hundred or so left in such good condition from such an already small mintage!

 

[toasted]

I found same coin and its one of my lowest mintage silvers but it came from river so a little rough compared to yours. Congrats

 

[xr7ator]

That is one kick arse fan DIME tastic coin! Gerat and thanks for sharing.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Wow! What a great coin. I've been at this for 10 years too. Never have I come across a "CC" mint mark. Very awesome for the New England area. Well done!

 

[Lenrac2]

Awesome coin! Congrats on your rare find!!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on that great coin. I'm still looking for my first CC mint mark, (after 30 years of detecting) !