Sunday, December 7, 2014

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