willieboyd2 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 'I didn't eat and I didn't sleep' By Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, July 26, 2007 John Feigenbaum flew out of San Jose this week in first class, with flip-flops on his feet, a T-shirt on his back and a dime worth $1.9 million in his pocket. It was the most expensive dime ever to pass through San Jose. That's because it is the most expensive dime in the history of dimes. Feigenbaum is a rare coin dealer, and the dime he was carrying across the country, from San Jose to New York, is an 1894-S dime, one of only nine known to exist, and one of only 24 known to be coined that year in San Francisco. Perhaps, though, the dime is again fated to be locked away in a bank vault as a penalty for being ugly. The coin is known as a Barber-style dime, bearing a ghastly likeness of Madam Liberty on the front and a boring wreath of corn and wheat and the words "one dime" on the back. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../07/27/DIME.TMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin43160 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 im afraid if i was one of the detecting ppl id take it and run!!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 ' Perhaps, though, the dime is again fated to be locked away in a bank vault as a penalty for being ugly. The coin is known as a Barber-style dime, bearing a ghastly likeness of Madam Liberty on the front and a boring wreath of corn and wheat and the words "one dime" on the back. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../07/27/DIME.TMP Ugly? I'd much rather have them then roosies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 damn if i was there only >_> ^_^ ahh i just want the 1.9 mill not the coin eheh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCanadianM Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Perhaps, though, the dime is again fated to be locked away in a bank vault as a penalty for being ugly. The coin is known as a Barber-style dime, bearing a ghastly likeness of Madam Liberty on the front and a boring wreath of corn and wheat and the words "one dime" on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 "Madam Liberty" Last time I heard this was a man on the coin, oh it was minted in SF, maybe there was a change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 "Madam Liberty" Last time I heard this was a man on the coin, oh it was minted in SF, maybe there was a change? Never heard that before and I am a HUGE fan of this series so you'd think I'd hear the rumors. Gorgeous coins. Maybe its because he didn't take a single glance at it that he didn't know it was a great design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureGirl Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Not to pan Barber, but to me his Liberty's always seemed masculine. Maybe that was the idea of beauty at the time, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Just about everyone thinks the Barber designs were manish. I just when they call this design Miss Liberty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 coin prices r startin to go bazoncka >_< when im 33 or something that 1.9 mill coin will be 3+mill :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinAuctions Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 I don't think the Barber Series is ugly at all, not when they're uncirculated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCanadianM Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Now, back to the deed of "shipping" the coin - who the hell would do that? Would you? Then again for 57 grand...(Split 6% fee in half?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyd Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Ugly my a$$! That's one GORGEOUS coin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 "The buyer spent about half an hour looking at it, Feigenbaum said, which worked out to 15 minutes for heads and 15 minutes for tails." I'm glad that they can add 15 + 15 and make it equal 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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