MrMitosis Coin Album
Beautiful near GEM 1821 Capped Bust dime--lustrous with a light golden hue on both sides, Very few distractions. Great eye appeal. A bit soft on stars 8 and 9, as well as the eagle's claws---usual for the JR-7 die pair--but otherwise a very nice strike.
Beautiful near GEM 1821 Capped Bust dime--lustrous with a light golden hue on both sides, Very few distractions. Great eye appeal. A bit soft on stars 8 and 9, as well as the eagle's claws---usual for the JR-7 die pair--but otherwise a very nice strike.
Beautiful near GEM 1821 Capped Bust dime--lustrous with a light golden hue on both sides, Very few distractions. Great eye appeal. A bit soft on stars 8 and 9, as well as the eagle's claws---usual for the JR-7 die pair--but otherwise a very nice strike.
Beautiful near GEM 1821 Capped Bust dime--lustrous with a light golden hue on both sides, Very few distractions. Great eye appeal. A bit soft on stars 8 and 9, as well as the eagle's claws---usual for the JR-7 die pair--but otherwise a very nice strike.
Beautiful near GEM 1821 Capped Bust dime--lustrous with a light golden hue on both sides, Very few distractions. Great eye appeal. A bit soft on stars 8 and 9, as well as the eagle's claws---usual for the JR-7 die pair--but otherwise a very nice strike.
CAC Approved. Small Date; Fotrin 103a variety; R-3. Best in CoinFacts as a F103.
CAC Approved. Small Date; Fotrin 103a variety; R-3. Best in CoinFacts as a F103.
CAC Approved. Small Date; Fotrin 103a variety; R-3. Best in CoinFacts as a F103.
CAC Approved. Small Date; Fotrin 103a variety; R-3. Best in CoinFacts as a F103.
CAC approved. Fortin-107a on slab. R-3. From the Louis Eliasberg, Sr. collection. PCGS 9(1)/4. NGC 5/2/3/1. CAC 8/3. Light to medium pearl-gray iridescence dances across both sides of this sharp, vibrant, satin-textured GEM. GEM dimes of this early date are scarce and finer examples are rarely encountered. Pedigree: From S.H. and H. Chapman's Harlan P. Smith Collection sale, May 1906; J.M. Clapp; Clapp estate, 1942; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, May 1996, lot 1121. The Fortin plate coin for the variety. Was NGC (343176-006) CAC (by me); I crossed it into a PCGS Slab on 4/11/17.
CAC approved. Fortin-107a on slab. R-3. From the Louis Eliasberg, Sr. collection. PCGS 9(1)/4. NGC 5/2/3/1. CAC 8/3. Light to medium pearl-gray iridescence dances across both sides of this sharp, vibrant, satin-textured GEM. GEM dimes of this early date are scarce and finer examples are rarely encountered. Pedigree: From S.H. and H. Chapman's Harlan P. Smith Collection sale, May 1906; J.M. Clapp; Clapp estate, 1942; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, May 1996, lot 1121. The Fortin plate coin for the variety. Was NGC (343176-006) CAC (by me); I crossed it into a PCGS Slab on 4/11/17.
CAC approved. Fortin-107a on slab. R-3. From the Louis Eliasberg, Sr. collection. PCGS 9(1)/4. NGC 5/2/3/1. CAC 8/3. Light to medium pearl-gray iridescence dances across both sides of this sharp, vibrant, satin-textured GEM. GEM dimes of this early date are scarce and finer examples are rarely encountered. Pedigree: From S.H. and H. Chapman's Harlan P. Smith Collection sale, May 1906; J.M. Clapp; Clapp estate, 1942; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, May 1996, lot 1121. The Fortin plate coin for the variety. Was NGC (343176-006) CAC (by me); I crossed it into a PCGS Slab on 4/11/17.
CAC approved. Fortin Variety 107; R-3. Type Two Obverse (two lines above E). Original silver-gray surfaces, satiny white, and clean. A great lustrous Uber GEM with fantastic overall eye appeal (and some light die clashing). Miss Liberty and the details are frosty and well struck. None graded finer by CAC.
CAC approved. Fortin Variety 107; R-3. Type Two Obverse (two lines above E). Original silver-gray surfaces, satiny white, and clean. A great lustrous Uber GEM with fantastic overall eye appeal (and some light die clashing). Miss Liberty and the details are frosty and well struck. None graded finer by CAC.
CAC approved. Fortin Variety 107; R-3. Type Two Obverse (two lines above E). Original silver-gray surfaces, satiny white, and clean. A great lustrous Uber GEM with fantastic overall eye appeal (and some light die clashing). Miss Liberty and the details are frosty and well struck. None graded finer by CAC.
CAC approved, near the top of the population. From the Rockford Collection, Part 3. Beautiful proof-like luster and orange/gold/blue peripheral toning. Could be a MS67 if not for a strike weakness on the reverse, at the right top of the wreath.
CAC approved, near the top of the population. From the Rockford Collection, Part 3. Beautiful proof-like luster and orange/gold/blue peripheral toning. Could be a MS67 if not for a strike weakness on the reverse, at the right top of the wreath.
CAC approved, near the top of the population. From the Rockford Collection, Part 3. Beautiful proof-like luster and orange/gold/blue peripheral toning. Could be a MS67 if not for a strike weakness on the reverse, at the right top of the wreath.
CAC approved, near the top of the population. From the Rockford Collection, Part 3. Beautiful proof-like luster and orange/gold/blue peripheral toning. Could be a MS67 if not for a strike weakness on the reverse, at the right top of the wreath.
