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Description
Finest Certified 1893-S Barber Dime, MS67
1893-S 10C MS67 PCGS. When we offered this 1893-S Barber dime in our May 2007 auction, it was the first time that we had ever offered a Superb Gem of the issue. In fact, we are unaware of any other Superb Gem 1893-S dimes that have been offered by any major auction house in the past decade, if ever. The Eliasberg Collection had an uncertified MS65 that carried a pedigree directly back to the San Francisco Mint.This Superb Gem is housed in a green label PCGS holder, and it is the only MS67 specimen that PCGS has ever certified. Following this beauty, PCGS has certified five submissions in MS66 and 17 in MS65. NGC has graded a single MS66 and 12 MS65 coins. Obviously, even the finest PCGS Set Registry collections only have MS66 or lower grade examples of the date. Here is an amazing opportunity for the top collectors of Barber dimes to improve their collections. Such offerings are called opportunities because they seldom reoccur.
We have offered MS66 examples of the 1893-S dime in our auctions on five different occasions, and this piece tops every one of them. The obverse offers a delectable melange of pastel pink-gray with tinges of ice-blue at the rims, while the reverse offers a more verdant palette of forest-green, gold, and aqua. Both sides are expectedly free of mentionable distractions, and the bold strike completes the superlative package. Population: 1 in 67, 0 finer (3/09).
Ex: Heritage (5/2007), lot 2074.
From The Joseph C. Thomas Collection.(Registry values: N7079)
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 23DS, PCGS# 4802, GSID# 4350)
Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 2.49 grams
ASW: 0.08oz
Mintage: 2,491,401
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Auction Info
2009 April-May Cincinnati, OH (CSNS) US Coin Auction #1124 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
Apr-May, 2009
29th-3rd
Wednesday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 13
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
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