1849-O DIME
PCGS No: 4592
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 300,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball
Hughes; Reverse by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball Hughes
Diameter: ±17.9 millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - ±90%
Copper - ±10%
Weight: ±41 grains (±2.7 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "O"
(for New Orleans, Louisiana) below DIME on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-61. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000,
Lot 592, "Small Round O, Broadly Repunched 8" Not Sold
NGC MS-61. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M.
LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 1505 sold for $1,725.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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