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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26667555, member: 10461&quot;]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">United States: 1844 silver Seated Liberty dime</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS F15.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/45061099" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/45061099" rel="nofollow">Cert. #45061099</a>.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cacgrading.com/lookup/45061099" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cacgrading.com/lookup/45061099" rel="nofollow">CAC verified</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/9100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/9100" rel="nofollow">Numista-9100</a>,&nbsp; Krause-Mishler-63.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 72,500.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-David Lawrence Rare Coins, Item <a href="https://www.davidlawrence.com/product/2464581" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.davidlawrence.com/product/2464581" rel="nofollow">#2464581</a>, 20 March 2023.&nbsp; Purchased in the slab.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">With a mintage of only 72,500 pieces, the 1844 Seated Liberty dime is definitely a better date, and could </font></font><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">perhaps </font></font><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">be considered a &quot;semi-key&quot; date for the series.&nbsp; It is not, however, <i>quite</i> as rare as some numismatic mythmaking of the past once had it.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This date was referred to as the &quot;</font></font><a href="https://stacksbowers.com/did-you-know-that-1844-seated-liberty-dimes-are-known-by-the-nickname-little-orphan-annie/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://stacksbowers.com/did-you-know-that-1844-seated-liberty-dimes-are-known-by-the-nickname-little-orphan-annie/" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The Little Orphan Annie Dime</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">&quot; in the early 1930s by editor Frank Ross, who promoted them by claiming the 1844 was overlooked and underappreciated (thus &quot;orphaned&quot;).&nbsp; Some sources say he was hoarding them at the time, but others say he was actually hyping the 1844 while hoarding the even scarcer 1846 dimes.&nbsp; Regardless, his nickname for the coin stuck.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This particular example is in relatively modest middle grade but has very nice original grey toning with some faint hints of color.&nbsp; As a Type collector, I will usually go for higher grade over rarity, but once in a while I do like to add a scarcer semi-key coin like this.&nbsp; The colorful &quot;Little Orphan Annie&quot; legend behind the 1844 dime also appealed to me.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1701471[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701472[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701473[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701474[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701475[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">050000</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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