1870 DIME
PCGS Nos: 4651, 4763, 84763
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 470,500
Proofs: 1,000
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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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-66's.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-67.
The finest Proof Cameo examples graded by PCGS are 2 PRCA-65's.
Recent appearances:
Choice Brilliant Proof.
Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 520, not plated, sold for $345.00
NGC MS-63. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M.
LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 1517, sold for $333.50
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex
- Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 521, not
plated, sold for $115.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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