Key date Barber Dime!

[Captain Caveman]

My sister-in-law is in town and had my wife occupied, so I snuck out after work to the place that I found the Capped Bust half dime on Monday. It started slow with some Wheats. Then I hit a 1901 IHP, a few modern coins, followed by a nickel spill. I thought it was four old Jeffersons, but one of them turned out to be a Buffalo. This spill was very interesting to me as the Jefferson dates are 1942, 1948, 1948, and the 42 is not silver. At one spot, I found a wheat, then a foot further found a memorial, then a foot further hit the 1961d Rosie. I finished up for the day, but decided to go rescan the area where I dug the Barber dime and half dime on Monday before I left. I'm glad I did, not only did I find another Barber dime, but according to Redbook, it's a good one, 1894o! The internet is saying that it's a key date. If this is the case, it's my first key date!

The E-Trac is really working out well for me! Here are the pics. Thanks for looking!

 

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[JerseyDigger19]

RingFinder - you're probably having that problem because that overdate (1942/1) is faked a LOT and for that coin you probably would need certification to get a fair price. But certification is not $100, it costs $30 or $40, and in your case it would be worth it. But for this 1894-O, neither the date nor the mintmark can be easily faked/altered so I think it is fine as is. Heck, I'd offer $150 for it myself but know he can get a better price elsewhere.

 

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[Fugio]

Awesome coins. Nice work!

 

[TheRingFinder]

Scuba & Jersey - I hope you guys are correct - I have a bunch of great coins, though I can't seem to get a good price anywhere. I'll look into E-Bay and let you know how it goes.

 

[thrifty76now]

Congrats on your nice and key Barber dime.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Wow it's in real good shape too. Killer find. Grats

Congrats Captain, ,
That there is a really nice coin.

Thats a great looking key date CC. Nice find.

Another nice hunt CC. That dime is really sweet. Congrats and best of luck to you sir!

You owe the sister in law a day at the spa

Superb find CC and in great condition too!

Thanks for all the kinds responses!

Isn't it fascinating? First of all, so many old coins found in the dirt like we do. But, ever notice how many times it just happens to be a key date in a series of coins?

Simply fascinating!

Nice!

This is the first time it just happened to be a key date for me!

 

[Captain Caveman]

Look at the link I posted on the ones that sold on Fee-Bay. Worn flat ones sold for over 30.00. The link I posted was SOLD listings, not completed listings or listings now. Every one was a completed sale. His coin for sure will sell for over 150.00 UNGRADED. Probably close to 200.00.

That coin is not in "good" condition, it's in Very Fine, and should probably sell for $200-250. There's no need to send it for certification as that is usually just done to authenticate an extremely rare coin or to tell tiny differences between grades for an uncirculated one. This is a beautiful mid-grade circulated coin with no problems, it's not rare enough to need a slab and I think you could just take it down to a coin shop or show and find an offer in that range if you wanted to sell it. Awesome dig!

Thanks for the pricing help and the votes of confidence! I'll probably never sell it, especially with it being my first key date coin. I really do appreciate the advice though!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice old coin hunt! Congratualtions on the key Barber!

 

[ScubaDetector]

Thanks for the pricing help and the votes of confidence! I'll probably never sell it, especially with it being my first key date coin. I really do appreciate the advice though!

Sell?? Of course not. My research fee is the coin in question. Just send it to me and my fees are covered.

Glad you have a keeper that you can sell one day if needed. I have found 5 in my detecting life. An 1894O dime like yours, two 1956S dimes in great condition, a 1914D penny in great condition and of course my big one, the 1893CC eagle. All are just memories except the penny which I might get a picture of one day before I die.

 

[toadspaghetti]

To bad its an O.... 1894S.... worth over 1 million $$$.

 

[Garrett424]

Not only is it a key date, it looks to be in great condition.
Congrats.