Lot 1631
1807 Draped Bust Dime. NGC graded MS-62. A frosty white coin that is somewhat typical of this issue, with sharply clashed dies, especially the obverse die which shows the reverse olive branch in front of Liberty's face, and the clouds from above the eagle just above the date. Other design elements are also clashed. The coin remains untoned, and has a satiny appearance. There are some adjustment marks on the lower reverse.
Ed Price, a Federal coinage specialist, recently published an article which he noted that 1807 dimes actually show clash marks on the reverse die from a quarter eagle obverse! Quarter eagles at the time were the exact same size as dimes, furthermore, they employed the same reverse design. Hence, it was logical to use dime reverses to coin quarter eagles. This fact has long been known on the 14 star reverse die of 1804, but Ed's advanced studies showed several other instances where dime reverse dies were used on several different dates of quarter eagles. The 1807 dime reverse shows a clash mark above the eagle, on the right side below the clouds, which is from clashing with an 1807 quarter eagle obverse. Therefore, this is the first interdenomination clash mark known on United States coinage. A fun new discovery like this is part of what makes numismatics a challenge for researchers.
Estimated Value $2,700 - 3,000.
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| Realized $3,565 |
