PCGS 1800 Draped Bust Dime JR-2 variety for sale [SOLD]

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Good day fellow NGC Forumites......it is I krypto the wonder collector in search of Christmas money (que superman theme)

 

 

Here is a nice affordable example of a Draped Bust Dime for those needing to fill gaps in their type collections without having to take out a loan. Most of these lower grade affordable pieces remain raw due to being heavily cleaned, bent, holed...you name it has been done to them in the last 200 years. Obviously for the higher grades the prices jump up exponentially so this is a good affordable alternative becuase the coin has a nice original skin on it and while the obverse details are a bit weak most likely due to a weak strike to begin with ....the reverse has a lot of meat left on it with details in the VG range (thumbs u This coin is just back from PCGS and it was certified in AG-3 condition.....which may not seem impressive but try to find another one of these in Less than around F12 condition in a PCGS holder....rare as hens teeth and heritage has never sold a PCGS graded example in less than VF25 condition.

 

I searched quite a while to find this example and it just happens to be the rarer of the two varieties for this date (J2)......here is a little bit of additional information about the date and variety:

JR-2, R.5. Two varieties of 1800 dimes are known, and the JR-2 is slightly scarcer. Actually, both varieties are scarce, with a combined surviving population of about 250 coins in all grades. Official Mint records show that 21,760 dimes were coined and delivered in March 1800, the entire production for the year, but it would be wrong to believe that those pieces were all dated 1800 with none coined at any later date. A year later, in March 1801, the next delivery of dimes consisted of 9,260 coins. It may be the case that the delivery of 1800 was actually dimes dated 1798, and that the March 1801 delivery was actually the 1800 dimes. A mintage of just over 9,000 coins is more in line with the expected survival rate for these pieces over the years.

 

 

So if you like what you read above and you like what you see in the images below then why not get yourself an early Christmas present?

 

 

Priced to sell at $350 with fully insured shipping within the US included PCGS Price Guide lists the common variety of this coin at $450 in AG3 SOLD