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1807 DIME

PCGS No: 4480

Mintage:

Circulation strikes: 165,000
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)

Images courtesy of Superior Galleries

Varieties (1):
JR-1 - Common

Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS are 2 MS-66's.

Significant examples:
See individual varieties

Recent appearances:
See individual varieties

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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