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1856 10C Small Date MS67 PCGS. CAC. Fortin-122....
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Description
1856 Small Date Dime, MS67
Tied for the Finest Certified
1856 10C Small Date MS67 PCGS. CAC. Fortin-122. Intense
rose-wine, crimson, and powder-blue iridescence overlies the
lustrous cartwheel surfaces. The sharply struck devices and
pristine surfaces combine to place this coin comfortably within the
Condition Census for the issue. Certified in a green-label
holderVariety: Fortin-122. The 27 1856 dime varieties recorded at www.SeatedDimeVarieties.com include 23 die combinations of the Small Date type and four of the Large Date type.
Population Data (7/14): This example is tied with one other submission for the finest 1856 Small Date dime that PCGS has certified. NGC adds a single MS67 to the total population. Two of the three, including this piece and one other, show the CAC green approval sticker.
Heritage Commentary: Gerry Fortin calls this "an ideal date for variety collectors to hunt down the numerous obverse dies that are either doubled, repunched, or have misplaced dates." It is a veritable playground for the variety collector.
Consignor Commentary: Surprisingly for such an innocuous date (5,780,000 struck) this coin is the sole coin graded MS67 by PCGS with NGC similarly reporting just one. The pops in 67 were two when the coin was sold, and were still two a decade later. The Mint outdid itself, as the strike is close to perfect. The only mentionable deviation from perfection is the reverse die is lightly clashed, resulting in a die line from the leaf above the final E in DIME down to the top right side of that E.
Provenance: Long Beach Signature (2/2000), lot 5470.(Registry values: N1)
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 238S, PCGS# 4609, Greysheet# 4048)
Weight: 2.49 grams
Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Auction Info
2014 October 27 The Eugene H. Gardner Collection II US Coins Signature Auction - New York #1214 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2014
27th
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