PCGS VF30
PCGS FR2
- PCGS #:
- 38743
- Designer:
- Robert Scot
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 19.80 millimeters
- Weight:
- 2.70 grams
- Mintage:
- 22,135
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $141,000 • MS66 • 08-16-2015 • Heritage Auctions
Die Varieties
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 MS66 PCGS grade
Bowers & Merena 5/1996:1038, $7,700 - John Whitney Walter Collection - Stack's 5/1999:1765, $51,750 - Liberty Collection, Part III - Heritage 8/2015:3987, $141,000 |
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#2 MS63 estimated grade
Superior 8/2004:290 - Heritage 11/2004:6175 - Stuart Levine - Ed Price Collection - Heritage 7/2008:1409 - Eugene H. Gardner Collection - Heritage 6/2014:30228, $41,125 |
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#2 MS63 estimated grade
Goldbergs 2/2013:1244, not sold |
The JR-2 variety of 1796 Dimes is the only variety with a berry between the lowest leaf on the branch on the left side of the reverse and the ribbon bow (none of the other varieties have a berry in this position). This is a slightly scarcer variety that should command a premium over the common type price, especially for nice examples.
Census information is limited but it seems that very few examples are known in Mint State. The finest example is an incredible PCGS MS66.