1838-O 10C MS63 认证号06777248, PCGS号4564

Fortin 102. The New Orleans mint opened three years after Andrew Jackson signed legislation creating new branch mints at Charlotte, Dahlonega and New Orleans. On April 9, 1838, the Philadelphia Mint shipped two pairs of dime dies to the newly opened branch mint, and the first coins, 30 dimes, were struck on May 8th. Dies were shipped from Philadelphia before the decision was made to add 13 stars to the obverse. As a result, all 1838-o half dimes and dimes are from the previous No Stars design. The 1838-o is not only the first branch mint dime in U.S. coinage history, but it is also the only branch mint issue of the No Stars type. Only 5 coins have achieved gem status at PCGS of the original mintage of 406,034. A total of 367,434 Fortin 101s were struck in June and July 1838 and finally the remainder were struck in January 1839 as Fortin 102s.

Ron Guth

In a survey of the members of the Liberty Seated Collectors Club, published in the March 2008 issue of the Gobrecht Journal, the 1838-O Dime was ranked tenth among the Ten Greatest New Orleans Seated Coins: "This dime was the first coin struck at the New Orleans branch mint when 30 pieces were delivered on May 7, 1838.  This date is popular as a type coin and rare in mint state but average circulated pieces are generally available to the interested collectors.  The Eliasberg specimen was graded MS-64 when it sold at auction in May 1996.  More recently the beautifully toned Pittman specimen was graded NGC MS-64 when it was sold by DLRC Auctions in the Richmond Collection in March 2005.  This issue received scattered support from respondents, most likely due to the significance each member placed upon its historical importance."