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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 26508348, member: 104064&quot;]Sure.&nbsp; For 1901-O, the rare one is the Obverse type 1. As I mentioned earlier, all of the better grade/imaged examples I have seen also have a repunched second 1 (and identical date positions). This leads me to believe it was the output from a single obverse type 1 die. I don&#039;t know how many dies were used; I was only able to find die shipment and destruction records through 1900. If someone knows of a source for that, let me know. But with a mintage of 5.6 million 1901-O dimes, we can guess probably 50 obverse dies were used, so 1 out of 50 dies would produce 2% of the coins, depending on how long that die lasted. This lines up with my observation of the scarcity of it based on searching auction archives. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse types are about evenly split. </p><p><br /></p><p>I mentioned earlier that the guidebooks and TPGs are often wrong about what they say about these. The 1901-O is a great example of this. NGC Variety Plus (<a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/dimes/barber-dimes-1892-1916/820474/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/dimes/barber-dimes-1892-1916/820474/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/dimes/barber-dimes-1892-1916/820474/</a>) lists a 1901-O Type II/II and says &quot;This die marriage combines the Type II obverse and reverse hubs. It is scarce for the 1901-O dime, which more often has the Type I reverse.&quot; They really mean /II and /III for the reverse types, but they don&#039;t know that there is that third type, so I forgive them for that. But the funny part is that their image is actually the Type 1 obverse paired with my Type 2 reverse. It is not the one they consider Type II, i.e. it is not the &quot;thick ribbon&quot; reverse. And their Type II/II is not scarce - more than half of the 1901-O dimes have the thick ribbon. If you zoom their obverse image, you can see the 1/1. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my examples of the Type 1 obverse. Can&#039;t remember how much I paid for it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1689787[/ATTACH]</p><p>This one is a little rough but I got it for less than $20. Note the weak reverse strike on both of these, which was a common problem in NO during 1901. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1689788[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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