1811/09 10C MS(PCGS#4487)

The June 2010 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Bowers & Merena

Lot Number

1779

Grade

MS65

Price

14,950

Lot Description

1811/09 Capped Bust Dime. JR-1, the only known dies. Rarity-3. MS-65 (NGC). Alone among die varieties of the 1811 Capped Bust Dime, JR-1 is also a bold naked-eye overdate that is most readily attributable by looking at the third digit in the date. For around that digit 1 a loupe readily reveals bold remnants of a 0 underdigit. Closer inspection will also reveal traces of the 9 underdigit around the final digit in the date.<br />     Rivaling the finest-certified survivors of this issue, the present Gem is generally well struck with sharp definition to most areas. Die swelling at the upper-obverse border, however, has resulted in slightly incomplete detail both in that area and at the lower-reverse border. Satiny in texture and otherwise brilliant, delicate golden-apricot highlights are confined to the peripheries. Definitely an important find for the advanced collector of early United States Dimes.