1800 DIME
PCGS No: 4470
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 21,760
Proofs: 0
Designer: Robert
Scot
Diameter: ±19.8
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 89.2%
Other - 10.8%
Weight: ±41.6 grains
(±2.7 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (all
examples of this date and type were struck at Philadelphia)
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Varieties (2):
JR-1 -
JR-2 -
Recent appearances:
NGC EF-45. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July
25, 2003
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Lot 340, "JR-1, Rarity-4", illustrated, sold for $3,680.00
From Stack's sale of the Allen Lovejoy Collection, October 1990, Lot
14. The original lot ticket, as well as Lovejoy's original flip and
envelope accompany this lot.
PCGS EF-40. Ex - Bowers &
Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21,
2001, Lot 1404, "JR-2", illustrated, sold for $2,185.00 From the sale
of the Eliasberg Collection, May 1996, Lot 1047
PCI VF-25. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I",
February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 1560, "JR-2, Rarity-5", illustrated, sold
for $920.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
"Early United Dimes
1796-1837" by David J. Davis et al.
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