Lot 1692
1807 Draped Bust Dime. PCGS graded Mint Error MS-66 Clipped Planchet. A pristine gem specimen, loaded with frosty mint luster and all attractively toned to a delicate violet that darkens slightly around the devices. The mint caused edge clip (which barely breaks into the denticles) is between 1 and 2 o'clock. As a normal non-error date, Pop 1, the finest 1807 graded by PCGS.
In an era when only a few thousand coins were made before the dies broke, the 1807 issue of dimes is something of an anomaly. Only a single marriage of obverse and reverse (now and then relapped to remove traces of die clash) was used to strike 165,000 pieces. The designs of the dimes, first coined in 1796, follow closely those of the half dimes up through the silver dollars. The draped bust, heraldic eagle reverse appears on coins from 1798 to 1807 in the dime series (PCGS # 4480) .
Estimated Value $14,000 - 16,000.
The Victor Kramer Collection.
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