1801 10C MS(PCGS#4471)
1801 10C MS (PCGS#4471)
March 2021 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2168
- 等级
- XF45
- 价格
- 67,035
- 详细说明
- 1801 Draped Bust Dime. JR-1. Rarity-4. EF-45 (PCGS). This warmly toned example exhibits intermingled reddish-apricot and powder blue iridescence on dominant dove-gray patina. Traces of original satin luster persist on this well defined, lightly circulated example of a challenging early U.S. Mint design type. Mint records report a mintage of 34,640 dimes for calendar year 1801. Given the scarcity of survivors of this date, it seems likely that many of the coins included were from 1800-dated dies. Two die marriages were used to produce the 1801-dated dimes, and they share the same obverse. In the earlier JR-1 marriage, represented here, this die exhibits a spine from the top of Liberty's hair that nearly touches the left foot of the letter E in LIBERTY. This spine was removed by die polishing before the JR-2 variety was coined, although in both marriages the obverse die exhibits considerable roughness from pitting that is most extensive in the upper left and lower right fields. The two reverse dies are easiest to distinguish by the size of the letter As in the legend. On the reverse of JR-1, the As are wide. This die is further identified by the presence of a spine from the upper right corner of the shield. Like the obverse, this reverse is also extensively pitted with considerable evidence of die rust throughout. The extant population of the 1801 dime is on the order of just 200 to 250 coins (per Winston Zack, Louis Scuderi and Michael Sherrill in the 2015 reference Bust Dime Variety Attribution Guide). The two varieties are of roughly equal scarcity with the vast majority of survivors in low grades through VF. Choice EFs such as this are scarce and, given the rarity of About Uncirculated and Mint State pieces, the present example would certainly be a significant addition to an advanced type or variety set. Provenance: From the Bimyway Collection. PCGS# 4471. NGC ID: 236J. Click here for certification details from PCGS.