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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 26695307, member: 8959&quot;]When it comes to Bust Dimes I always refer to the &#039;Bust Dime Variety Identification Guide&#039; by Zack, Scuderi and Merrill.</p><p><br /></p><p>The guide describes 4 varieties for the year, as [USER=105571]@Publius2[/USER] says. From your pictures you appear to have an JR-2, which is rated R3 in the guide, ie, scarce with 201-500 estimated examples extant. </p><p>The scarcest variety for the year is JR-1, which is described as R4- (76-200 estimated). </p><p><br /></p><p>The year 1823 has 3 die varieties. Two of them are large E&#039;s. </p><p>Jr-2 is one of the Large E&#039;s. It is an overdate 1823/2. This is the scarcest variety for the year at R4. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The guide is already about 8 years old so current numbers may differ somewhat. However, as previously mentioned, the publishers base their estimates on their extensive expertise with Bust Dimes, specially when it comes to the varieties which most collectors seek like 1809, 1811/09, 1822, 1814 and 1820 STATESOF, 1824/2 JR-2, and 1829 Curled Base 2. Maybe a few others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a word of wisdom (not from me) regarding R numbers: Over time, they will invariably always decrease.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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