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* [[United States 1803 cent|1803 cent]] | * [[United States 1803 cent|1803 cent]] | ||
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[[Category:Silver dimes of the world]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]][[Category:Coinage of the United States]] | [[Category:Silver dimes of the world]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]][[Category:Coinage of the United States]] | ||
Revision as of 11:30, 10 March 2021
This type was struck at the Philadelphia mint 1800-07 and supersedes an earlier type with a smaller eagle on the reverse. The earlier type is very rare, this type is only rare. Half dimes, dimes and quarters are all scarce prior to the 1830's, locals finding Spanish American half, one and two reales adequate for their needs.
Recorded mintage: 120,780.
Specification: 2.7 g, .892 fine silver, .077 troy oz ASW, reeded edge, 19 mm diameter, designed by Robert Scot.
Catalog reference: KM 31.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 59th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2005.
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