1870 10C J-838 PR(PCGS#61082)

The June 2010 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Bowers & Merena

Lot Number

3403

Grade

PR61

Price

1,121

Lot Description

1870 Pattern Dime. Judd-838, Pollock-929. Rarity-6+. Proof-61 (PCGS). OGH. A Standard Silver design, a bust of Liberty faces right on the obverse with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border and the motto IN GOD WE TRUST on a scroll below. Liberty is wearing a soft cap adorned with three stars. The reverse design features a wreath of corn and cotton around the denomination 10 CENTS and the date 1870. The word STANDARD is inscribed along the upper border. Struck in silver with a plain edge.<br />     A brilliant-finish specimen with no toning and no sizeable or otherwise individually distracting blemishes to report.