Lot 726
1805. 4 Berries. JR-2. NGC graded MS-63. Mostly well struck on a clean, problem-free planchet. Uniform light greyish toning with golden highlights makes this rare early dime quite desirable. It is with great pleasure that we are pleased to describe a choice Mint State of an early Draped Bust, Large Eagle dime whose original luster adorns the natural light russet and gray toned surfaces. Well defined for the date, easily finer in sharpness than many in nominally higher grades with only some left-side stars rounded or flattened by the slightly uneven strike it received by the dies. Central devices are characteristically well defined, including the waves of hair and most of Liberty's curls. The only exception to this is some rounding on the lower curls above and to the left of the date. The obverse reveals no marks. The reverse, for its part, other than for some light hairlines, is equally free from injury, with the same graceful shades of toning over detail finer than most. Pop 20; 50 finer.
Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000.
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