1858

 

     


Mintage: 1,540,000                                                                     Proofs: 80 or so (Breen)

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100

Var#

Obv

Rev

DR

 

Obverse / Reverse Quick Diagnostics

Ahwash

Greer

 

101

1

A

0B1

 

 Proof Dies, Medium Date, Downward Slope

A-1

 

 

102

2

B

1C

 

 Medium Date, Downward Slope, Closed 5, Clashed Die / Clashed Die

A-1a

 

 

103

3

C

0B1

 

 High Date, Downward Slope, Die Scratch Left Base To Rim / Perfect Die

A-2

 

 

104

4

D

0B1

 

 Thin Medium Date, Down Slope, DScr Shield Lines 3 and 4 / Die Clash

 

 

 

105

5

E

0R

 

 High Level Date, Closed 5 / Perfect Die

 

 

 

106

6

F

0R

 

 Med Level Date, 1 Near Denticle / Faint DL Behind UN(ITE)D, AM(ERI)CA

 

 

 

107

7

G

0B1

 

 Doubled Die Obverse, Med Date, Down Slope, Clashed Die / Clashed Die

 

 

 

108

8

H

1L

 

 High Date, Slight Down Slope, DScr Bottom Shield / Doubling UNITED

 

 

 

108a

8

Ha

1L

 

 High Date, Slight Down Slope / Reverse Rotated Left 45 Degrees

 

 
 

108ab

8

Hab

1L

 

 High Date, Slight Down Slope / Reverse Rotated Left 57 Degrees

    

 

109

9

I

0R

 

 High Date, Downward Slope / Die Crack Rim to AMERIC(A)

 

 
 

110

10

J

0R

 

 High Date, Downward Slope, Clashed Die / Clashed Die

     

Variety Vs. Denticle Ruler Cross Reference Table

Scarcity: Fairly common in lower circulated grades but becomes scarce in EF to AU grades.  Finding nice original and 
problem free examples in EF or better will be challenging.
 
Updated Greer Rarity Ratings
Overall Rarity: G-VG R1+, F-VF R2, EF-AU R3, MS R4-

                                Fortin Variety Rarity Estimates In VF - Mint State

Variety

Rarity

Suggested Premiums

Variety

Rarity

Suggested Premiums

101

R5

-

107

R4

-

102

R3

-

108

R3

-

103

R3

-

108a

R6

200 - 400%

104

R4

-

108ab

R6

200 - 400%

105

R3

-

109

R3

-

106

R3

-

110

R3

-

 
Comments: Variety collectors will be limited to date position variations for 1858 dimes.  Most dates slope downward, making 
the task of obverse die attribution a bit more difficult.  1858 dimes with die cracks are scarce since the limited mintage 
of 1,540,000 pieces appears to have been evenly produced across the nine business strike obverse dies.  None of the date 
placement varieties are difficult to locate.  
  
                               Value As A Date (Coin World Trends/CoinValues

Grade

1963

1973

1983

1993

2003

2012

G

1

2.5

5.4

4.5

20

16

F

3

4.5

8.5

8

30

20

EF

-

15

50

33

50

50

MS60

15

110

355

225

400

300

MS63

-

-

-

740

800

575

 

1858 Date Gallery

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