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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Dime of the Old West!

This dime may not look like much but it has a very cool story. It was minted at the Carson City mint a short lived mint that was turned into an Assay Office and then sold to the state and turned into a museum. Morgan dollars minted at Carson City are very rare because very few were made and many were melted. There were 8,270,000 of this date and mint mark dimes made so they are not that rare but have a cool design and story. They are valued at about $20.00 in VG-8 which is the condition mine is in. There is not much wear but there are many scratches which is what takes most of the value from this coin. It circulated in the old west and who knows how many famous cowboys and old west icons could have had this in their pocket change during a showdown or spent it on a cool glass of sarsaprilla. That's why I like this coin so much. There are so many possibilities imaginable it's hard to think of just one .

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