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<p>[QUOTE="NSP, post: 3263201, member: 74849"]Here’s my most recent addition: an 1820 JR-1, R4 capped bust dime. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]858835[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse die has STATESOFAMERICA as one word due to poor letter spacing by the engraver. This die was first used to strike 1814 JR-5, R3. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are some other 1820 reverses that look very similar to the true STATESOFAMERICA reverse, but only JR-1 is considered a true STATESOFAMERICA dime. If you buy a dime billed to be the STATESOFAMERICA, make sure the “10 C.” has a flat top one and the A’s are of the old, narrow style. Right now on eBay there is at least one coin advertised as having the STATESOFAMERICA reverse even though it isn’t JR-1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike most dies from its era, the STATESOFAMERICA die survived until 1962. According to the Early United States Dimes book, Robert Bashlow (of CSA restrike fame) obtained the die in 1962 and make several hundred impressions of it in Scotland. When he attempted to return to the United States, the die and the impressions were seized by customs. Despite pleas from the curator of the Smithsonian to spare the die, Treasury agents destroyed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin currently lives in an ANACS G4 holder. Depending on how badly I want to fill the hole in my bust dime album, I may crack it out. Other than protection, I don’t think that the coin significantly benefits from being in the ANACS holder since it’s low grade and unattributed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NSP, post: 3263201, member: 74849"]Here’s my most recent addition: an 1820 JR-1, R4 capped bust dime. [ATTACH=full]858835[/ATTACH] This reverse die has STATESOFAMERICA as one word due to poor letter spacing by the engraver. This die was first used to strike 1814 JR-5, R3. There are some other 1820 reverses that look very similar to the true STATESOFAMERICA reverse, but only JR-1 is considered a true STATESOFAMERICA dime. If you buy a dime billed to be the STATESOFAMERICA, make sure the “10 C.” has a flat top one and the A’s are of the old, narrow style. Right now on eBay there is at least one coin advertised as having the STATESOFAMERICA reverse even though it isn’t JR-1. Unlike most dies from its era, the STATESOFAMERICA die survived until 1962. According to the Early United States Dimes book, Robert Bashlow (of CSA restrike fame) obtained the die in 1962 and make several hundred impressions of it in Scotland. When he attempted to return to the United States, the die and the impressions were seized by customs. Despite pleas from the curator of the Smithsonian to spare the die, Treasury agents destroyed it. This coin currently lives in an ANACS G4 holder. Depending on how badly I want to fill the hole in my bust dime album, I may crack it out. Other than protection, I don’t think that the coin significantly benefits from being in the ANACS holder since it’s low grade and unattributed.[/QUOTE]
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