capped bust!

[mainer]

Hello fellow T-neters. Got out today to a new foundation I found yesterday. Alot of growth, but got to hit the front part for a few ours. They cut the wood off a few years ago, found the capped bust dime less then an inch deep. Its a little dinged up on the edge (not from me) but I will take it. Its my first capped bust dime. Also got a tag of some sort. It has a 1 and underneath it has 183, any ideas what it went too? Going to post it on the what is it forum aswell. Thanks for looking.

 

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[terpfan]

You are killing us! That coin is high on every MDer's list. Thanks for posting.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Capped Bust Silver !!! You are the man ! terpfan is correct, That is HIGH on my wish list !


Congrats on an awsome coin

VPR

 

[creeper71]

damn that is pretty close to Au-50 grade..I would think... so when I went to look up what a Au-50 would book at out of curiosity... I seen there is a 1830 over 29...well I can't zoom in close enough to tell 100% sure..but I'm over 70% sure you have the 30 over 29

 

[The Seeker]

Capped bust dime!! That sounds good.....I will take those all day long. That copper piece needs to be cleaned up, under that mud may be a surprise. " slave tag" That would be nice! WTG

 

[Iron Patch]

Now that's a great one to cross off the list! Time to celebrate with a good lobster dinner.

 

[mainer]

Hey creeper I saw that there was a 30 over 29, but didnt think that this was one, maybe I should study it a little closer. Too bad its dinged up in the one o'clock position. But I will take it.

Seeker,got it in peroxide right now, had done it 3 times prior to the picture. If it cleans up any better, I will post a better pic. I have no idea what it would have went too?

 

[mainer]

Now that's a great one to cross off the list! Time to celebrate with a good lobster dinner.

Cheaper then hot dogs! Atleast for me anyway.

 

[Dan in VA]

nice find! and yeah that copper piece might just be a slave tag. i'm sure someone on here can tell you more

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Great job Mainer. Better than any half I found.
Chris

 

[dwayne sueno]

Oh, man, Mainer, that is one sweet piece of silver. Looks like it's still got some mint luster from here. I'd be taking a bath in lobster right now if I found something like that.
They'd probably be dead lobster, though...

 

[sscindercoop]

Sweeeeeeet

 

[terpfan]

Oh, man, Mainer, that is one sweet piece of silver. Looks like it's still got some mint luster from here. I'd be taking a bath in lobster right now if I found something like that.
They'd probably be dead lobster, though...

Was thinking the same thing . Looks like some nice 180 year old mint luster. Yowsa yowsa! Time to crack open some bubbly...

 

[Don in SJ]

Well you wanted to get a Bust coin and now you have a very nice one. congrats!! Can't offer much on the tag, one of a zillion that are found, could be one of many things, maybe someone will nail it.

If you want to ID your dime, this site is what I used to attribute the varieties of my Bust Half Dollars. I did a quick look and yours is closest but not sure due to possible angle shot of your photo, to the JR-5 Common variety 1830/29.


http://rob.com/russ/collection/


http://rob.com/russ/collection/2100.html (this one shows the JR-5 one) look on the Reverse to ID it, not the Obverse, see how E PLURIBUS UNUM lines up with the letters above and compare, also one thing that might be different that I could not tell for sure is the closeness of the arrow point to the last A in AMERICA, if that matches exactly on spacing than fairly certain it is a JR-5.

Don

 

[jcooking]

Awesome find, super congratulations!

 

[Bubba65]

That is one beautiful Capped Bust Dime Mainer , Congrats too you on one awesome find!

Bubba65

 

[mainer]

Thanks so much Don. I think you nailed it. I didnt think it was a 30 over 29, its a tougher one to see. I'll have to check out my other Capped busts. Have dug 2 half dimes in the past. Now if I can get a quarter and a half.

 

[Don in SJ]

Thanks so much Don. I think you nailed it. I didnt think it was a 30 over 29, its a tougher one to see. I'll have to check out my other Capped busts. Have dug 2 half dimes in the past. Now if I can get a quarter and a half.

Well even on the website of the AU and EF ones I sure cannot tell for sure even those are overdates,I take their word for it LOL< that is why I said look at the Reverse side......

Don

 

[hogge]

A Beauty!!!! Congrats..........Hogge

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Great job - excellent find - superb condition!!