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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 13232104, member: 105571&quot;]I was going to attribute your dime yesterday but I was too full of Christmas cheer to attempt it.&nbsp; Anyway, I agree that it&#039;s the JR-4, Small 10C die marriage consisting of Obverse 3, Reverse D.&nbsp; This is a R-2 rarity so one of the more common ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Attached are the pickup points for the obverse and reverse dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the photos, I couldn&#039;t be sure of the following:</p><p>- double denticle between Stars 3 and 4;</p><p>- S8 recut</p><p>- F recut to right.</p><p>- the three pale gules in the eagle&#039;s shield are mushy even in high-grade examples much less well-circulated coins.&nbsp; But if you compare the width of the verticals you can see that the merged verticals are a little wider than the two pale gules varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>I grade it as G-06.</p><p><br /></p><p>I attribute these dimes using the <i>Early United States Dimes 1796-1837</i> by Davis, Logan, Loverjoy, McCloskey and Subjack, published 1984.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also use a little quickfinder guide that I take to shows called <i>Bust Dime Variety Identification Guide</i> by Zack, Scuderi and Sherrill, published 2015.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice wife to buy you a sweet little bust dime.&nbsp; Keep both.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1529522[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1529523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1529524[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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