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Message:: [QUOTE="CappedBustDimes, post: 524634, member: 9104"]The 1846 dime is a much better date to own than the 1844 in my opinion.  There was a hoard of 612 offered in a 2003 Heritage auction which didn't sell, and the hoard was reported to have been dispersed in 2004.   At the end of 2008 Heritage listed the "secondary hoard" bought from the first dispersal in 2004.  There are also 4 more known hoards in excess of 200+ examples in each. From Coinfacts: "This date was nicknamed "Little Orphan Annie" by Frank Ross of Kansas City, MO, who promoted this date as a rarity during the early 1930's. The purported rarity of this date has been attributed to the theft by Indians of $5,000 worth of 1844 dimes on their way to California and to their destruction in the great Chicago fire. In reality, much of the "rarity" of this date can be attributed to a hoard of 612 pieces offered for sale by Heritage Numismatic Auctions as Lot 6543 in their Baltimore Signature Sale, July 26-28, 2003. The hoard contained grades ranging from Poor-1 to PCGS AU-53." The same thing happened to 1856 Flying Eagles. George Rice had 756 when he sold his hoard in 1911. Many of these found their way to John Beck who was buying them up in the 1920's. He got 531 examples. These were dispersed in 1975. Only well after the disbursement did the prices rise dramatically.[/QUOTE]