YO1 - Seated Dimes
1858-O


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Coin Details

  

Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: DIMES - SEATED LIBERTY
Item Description: 10C 1858 O
Grade: NGC MS 66
Owner: yeoldeone
 
Winning Set: YO1 - Seated Dimes
Date Added: 12/23/2004
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

F-101, the only variety listed for the date. R6- in mint state with only a handful of gem pieces known. Fortin notes that the coin is usually weakly struck on Liberty's head, breast, and shield, and again on the bow knot on the reverse. A point Greer seconds along with noting that the coin tends to be lusterless. Not this coin. Even the pickiest SLQ collector would term this coin FH, so sharply struck are Liberty's curls. The reverse is fully detailed. In fact the only weakness in the strike is on Liberty's foot. I would note one minor anomaly. A small cud closes the lower loop on the 5 in the date. Beautifully toned with resilient luster the coin has to be among the finest known (at the time it was purchased it was the sole MS-66, but it has since been joined by several others, and there is now one MS-67). Bought from a Heritage auction, June, 2004, lot 6043.

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