1865 DIME
PCGS Nos: 4641, 4758, 84758
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 10,000
Proofs: 500
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball
Hughes and James Barton Longacre; Reverse by James Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±17.9 millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - ±90%
Copper - ±10%
Weight: ±38 grains (±2.5 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the ribbon bow on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
ICG Proof-67. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July
25, 2003
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Lot 346, illustrated, sold for $1,840.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-67's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-67's.
The finest Proof Cameo examples graded by PCGS are 3 PRCA-64's.
Recent appearances:
NGC Proof-64. Ex - Stack's "The
University of Notre Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 305, not plated,
sold for $948.75
NGC Proof-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale",
June 28-29, 2001, Lot 266, not illustrated, sold for $862.50
MS-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June
28-29, 2001, Lot 267, illustrated, sold for $1,265.00
Fine-12. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M.
LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 1410, not illustrated, sold for
$517.50
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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