JR Newsletter: 7 December 2014 (218)

We have three contributions this week. 

First, from Alan Bricker:

Responding to the recent inquiries regarding the existence of a Bust Dime VIM

by Jules Reiver, I can affirm that at one time Jules did consider doing an early

dime VIM and he asked me about possibly joining with him on such a project.

However, following the 1984 release of the JR dime reference, we felt that doing

an early dime VIM was not a priority relative to other denominations which were

lacking availability of up-to-date reference material.

Therefore, although we had dime variety notes, no early dime VIM was published.

Alan Bricker

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Next, Jim Matthews shared a recent "treasure-hunting" adventure:

Here's what I did on a rainy Friday afternoon in Virginia. Attending the Weyer's Cave Show not too far from home, a dealer friend of mine who purchases low grade examples of coins to supply museums with real coins for novices to buy had a large selection of early silver coins held aside for me. These real but worn coins are sold to museums instead of those dreaded "copy" coins that appear in deal after deal that do nothing but confuse the gullible. I went through this group quickly, all low grade (the best was maybe VG with damage), most were Fair-2 or AG-3, several were virtually worn smooth on the reverse. The group included about 100 Capped Bust half dimes, and probably 400-500 Capped Bust dimes. The better grade coins were sold to other sources long before this heap was assembled. I flipped and studied as quickly as possible, looking for easy to find varieties. Nothing of great interest appeared that I recognized. I did buy 5 1820 dimes, a couple of 1821 dimes, one 1824/2, a trio of 1825s and two 1827s. A few others that interested me, including one 1834 with the trio of reverse cuds and an 1830 with a countermark with the date 1856. I did not see any 1829 Curl Base 2 coins, or any 1822s hanging around in the mound of history.

Its not often one gets to wade through what is undoubtedly a more or less virgin hoard of coins. These come from non-numismatic sources and likely represent coins that were in circulation in the 1850s and later given their extremely worn condition. I apologize for the attached lousy iPhone photo, but like the coins, it gets the general idea across. Treasure hunting is alive and well in Shenandoah Valley today.

Jim Matthews

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Finally, Sheridan Downey wrote with an update for his planned FUN mail bid sale:

The Lot List for Mail Bid Sale No. 40 that I sent last week had a few omissions and errors, notably a failure to list the coins with CAC stickers.  A revised version is attached.  Your readers should note that all coins are graded by PCGS unless otherwise noted.  The sale closes during the FUN show, Thursday evening Jan. 8 at 6:30 PM EST.  Lance Keigwin's photos of the coins are now available are my web site, www.sheridanscoins.com.  I continue to encourage collectors to preview lots by overnight mail.  I'm working on the catalog now and hope to have it in the mail before Christmas.  It will also be posted on my web site.

 

Sheridan

LOT LIST -- MAIL BID SALE NO. 40 Closing Thurs. Jan. 8, 2015 6:30 PM EST
PART 1 - SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF KEITH DAVIGNON -- LOTS 1- 24
LOT	DATE/VARIETY/RARITY	PCGS GRADE
1	1808 O.109a R.3	AU 58 CAC
2	1810 O.102a R.1	XF 40 OGH CAC
3	1811 Sm.8 O.105a R.2	AU 58 OGH
4	1811 Sm. 8 O.107 R.4	AU 58
5	1811 Sm.8 O.113 R.5	AU 53
6	1813 O.108 R.3	AU 58 CAC
7	1818 O.109 R.1	AU 58 CAC
8	1824/1 O.102 R.5+	AU 53 CAC
9	1827 O.136 R.4	AU 58 CAC
10	1827 O.142 R.3	MS 61 CAC
11	1827 O.143 R.3	AU 55 CAC
12	1829 O.105a R.1	MS 62
13	1830 Sm.0 O.107a R.2	MS 63
14	1831 O.109 R.1	MS 63
15	1832 O.110 R.1	AU 58 OGH CAC
16	1832 O.116 R.3	AU 58 CAC
17	1832 O.121 R.3	AU 58 OGH CAC
18	1833 O.106 R.2	MS 62
19	1834 SDSL O.111 R.1	AU 58 OGH
20	1835 O.105 R.1	AU 58
21	1836 O.101 R.1	AU 58
22	1836 O.102 R.3	AU 55 CAC
23	1836/1336 O.108a R.2	AU 58 CAC
24	1836 O.122 R.2	AU 58 CAC
PART 2 - PROPERTIES OF VARIOUS CONSIGNORS - LOTS 25 TO 79
LOT	DATE/VARIETY/RARITY	PCGS GRADE
25	1807 50/20 Rev. O.112 R.1	AU 58 CAC
26	1808/7 O.101 R.1	AU 50
27	1808 O.110a  R.4+	VF 35
28	1809 O.103 R.1	AU 50 CAC
29	1809 O.109a III Edge R.2	AU 50
30	1809 O.111 R.4?	AU 50
31	1810 O.102a R.2	XF 45 CAC
32	1811/10 O.101 R.1	AU 53
33	1811/10 O.101 R.1	XF 45
34	1811 Sm.8 O.113 R.5	VF 35
35	1812/1 Large 8 O.101 R.5-	VF 25 CAC
36	1812/1 Small 8 O.102 R.2	XF 45
37	1812 O.106 R.3	NGC AU 58
38	1813 O.102 R.4	NGC AU 58
39	1813 O.103 R.2	AU 53
40	1813 O.105 R.1	AU 50
LOT	DATE/VARIETY/RARITY	PCGS GRADE
41	1813 O.108a R.2	AU 50
42	1814/3 O.101a R.2	AU 53
43	1814 O.106a R.4+	NGC MS 62
44	1818/7 Sm.8 O.102 R.2	AU 50
45	1818 Pincher 8's O.108 R.1	AU 50 CAC
46	1818 O.109 R.1	XF 45 CAC
47	1819/8 Lg.9 O.102 R.2	AU 50
48	1819 O.115 R.3	AU 50
49	1820/19 Sq. Base 2 O.101a R.3	AU 50
50	1820/19 Curl Base 2 O.102 R.1	AU 53
51	1820 Lg. Dt., Sq.2 w/ Knob O.105 R.1	AU 50
52	1820 Lg. Dt., Sq.2 No Knob O.108 R.2	AU 53
53	1821 O.101a R.1	AU 55 OGH
54	1822/1 O.101 R.1	AU 55
55	1822 O.109 R.2	MS 62 CAC
56	1823 Broken 3 O.101 R.3	XF 40
57	1823 Patched 3 O.101a R.1	XF 45
58	1823 Patched 3 O.102 R.4	Raw XF 45
59	1823 O.103 R.2	AU 55 CAC
60	1823 O.104 R.3	AU 55
61	1823 O.104"a" R.5?	AU 50
62	1823 O.106a R.2	AU 55
63	1824/1 O.101a R.2	AU 50
64	1826 O.102 R.1	AU 58 CAC
65	1826 O.119 R.4	AU 58 CAC
66	1827/6 O.102 R.1	AU 50
67	1827 O.109 R. 4-	AU 50
68	1827 O.136 R.4	NGC AU 58
69	1828 Sq. Base 2, Sm.8's O.110 R.2	AU 55 CAC
70	1829/7 O.101 R.1	AU 53
71	1829 O.103 R.1	AU 58
72	1829 O.105 R.1	AU 53
73	1831 O.103 R.1	AU 55 CAC
74	1832 O.103 R.1	AU 55 OGH
75	1832 O.116 R.3	AU 53 CAC
76	1832 O.118 R.1	AU 55 CAC
77	1832 No Tail Feathers O.120 R.3	AU 58 CAC
78	1834 Lg. Dt. & Ltrs. O.103 R.2	AU 50 CAC
79	1834 Lg. Dt., Sm. Ltrs. O.105 R.1	NGC AU 55
80	1834 Lg. Dt., Sm. Ltrs. O.106 R.1	AU 58
81	1836 O.105 R.4-	AU 53
82	1836/1336 O.108a R.2	AU 55
PART 3 - A SELECT GROUP OF BUST DIMES AND QUARTERS -- LOTS 83- 91
LOT	DATE/VARIETY/RARITY	PCGS GRADE
83	1811/09 10¢ JR-1 R.3	VF 35
84	1814 Lg. Date 10¢ JR-4 R.2	XF 40 CAC
85	1821 Lg. Date 10¢ JR-1 R.2	NGC AU 58
86	1828 Lg. Date 10¢ JR-2 R.3	XF 45 CAC
87	1833 10¢ JR-1 R.3	AU 55 CAC
LOT	DATE/VARIETY/RARITY	PCGS GRADE
88	1834 Lg.4 10¢ JR-5 R.1	AU 50 CAC
89	1836 10¢ JR-3 R.3	AU 55 CAC
90	1806/5 25¢ B.1 R.2	VF 30 CAC
91	1828 25¢ B.4 R.3	XF 45 CAC