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1796 10C JR-3, R.5, MS63 NGC....
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Description
1796 Draped Bust Dime, MS63
JR-3, Terminal Die State
Tied for Finest of the Variety
1796 10C JR-3, R.5, MS63 NGC. This renowned dime is
pedigreed to the Dr. George P. French, T. James Clarke, Lester
Merkin, John Walter Whitney, and Eugene Gardner collections. We are
aware of just one other coin struck from the terminal die state
with a triangular cud over the first T in STATES. An XF40 example
appeared in a Bowers and Merena June 1990 sale, lot 481. The
present lot is lustrous with silver-gray and multicolor patina. The
fields on both sides are semiprooflike beneath deep steel and
iridescent toning. Slight weakness on the obverse border left of
the date is clearly the result of the reverse rim break. All design
details on both sides are more than adequately defined, with nearly
full plumage on the eagle, flat only on a few breast feathers.
Mint-made adjustment marks appear at the lower-right border and to
a lesser extent elsewhere on the reverse. We know of only one 1796
JR-3 dime in comparable quality, from the Ed Price Collection. That
coin shows a retained break above the first T in STATES. Census: 1
in 63, 0 finer (10/21).Ex: Dr. George P. French; T. James Clarke (New Netherlands, 4/1956), lot 1621; Lester Merkin (Stack's, 11/1994), lot 767; John Whitney Walter (Stack's, 5/1999), lot 1767; Milwaukee ANA Signature (Heritage, 8/2007), lot 1614; David Lawrence (10/2007), lot 5336; Eugene H. Gardner II (Heritage, 10/2014), lot 98222; Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 6/2015), lot 3849; Chicago ANA (Stack's Bowers, 8/2015), lot 10055; Rarities Sale (Stack's Bowers), 10/2015, lot 21.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 236B, Variety PCGS# 38744, Base PCGS# 4461, Greysheet# 213016)
Weight: 2.70 grams
Metal: 89.24% Silver, 10.76% Copper
Auction Info
2021 November 11 - 14 US Coins Signature® Auction #1336 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2021
11th-14th
Thursday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 18
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