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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NSP, post: 3263193, member: 74849&quot;]Here’s my most recent cherrypick: an 1820 JR-1, R4 capped bust dime. I got it unattributed from GreatCollections for a price I feel is very good considering the condition and scarcity of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]858827[/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. While the 1814 is supposedly less scarce, it sells for more money (or at least people seem to ask a lot of money for it). </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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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