Lot 472
1825 Capped Bust Dime. NGC graded Proof 65. Deep blue and gray in color on both sides, with the fields well mirrored throughout. Softly struck at the central reverse devices, and on a few of Liberty's central curls (as always for the variety), but the stars and peripheral devices are all sharp. In fact, many peripheral reverse devices show slight doubling, likely from the double strike required to produce a proof. An extremely rare coin in proof, with perhaps half a dozen or so known. This one should be easy to trace if one had the time and available auction catalogs using the Breen Proof Encyclopedia, as an excellent census is included there. As to the Population Reports, NGC has graded 3 in all, one a PF-63, this coin as PF-65, and one above as PF-67, PCGS has graded just 2, one as PR-65 and the other as PR-66. We note that Eliasberg did not have a proof dime of this date. Currently in NGC holder #636772-001. Identifiable by a small streak on Liberty's cheek, at an angle towards her bust, and the O in OF has a mark on the left side.
Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000.
Probably from Heritage's 3/95 sale, lot 5176.
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