1881 DIME
PCGS Nos: 4689, 4778, 84778,
94778
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 24,000
Proofs: 975
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball
Hughes, James Barton Longacre, and William Barber; Reverse by James Barton
Longacre
Diameter: ±17.9 millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - ±90%
Copper - ±10%
Weight: ±39 grains (±2.5 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the ribbon bow on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-66's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 6 PR-67's.
The finest Proof Cameo examples graded by PCGS are 3 PRCA-66's.
The finest Proof Deep Cameo examples graded by PCGS are 2 PRDC-66's.
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-64. Ex - Superior
Galleries "The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot
184, sold for $747.50
MS-63. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June
28-29, 2001, Lot 278, not illustrated, sold for $414.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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