Liberty Seated Dimes Varieties 1837-1891 - 1873 With Arrows Philadelphia Variety Chapter Page

1873

With Arrows


Mintage: 2,378,500                                                                   Proofs: 800

Top 100	Var#	Obv	Rev	Left Arr DR	Date DR	Obverse / Reverse Quick Diagnostics	Ahwash	Greer
	101	1	A	-1B0	0R	18 Touch, High Level Date, Partial S / Perfect Die	A-5
	102	2	B	0R	1L	Proof Die, Medium Level Date, Partial S, Die Defects / Proof Die
	102a	2.2	B.2	0R	1L	Medium Level Date, Partial S, Die Defects / Perfect Die	A-6
*	103	3	C	0R	1L	Doubled Obverse Die, Med Level Date, Misplaced 3 In Denticles/Perfect Die		G101
	104	4	D	0C	0B1	Repunched 1, High Date, Sl. Upward Slope, Broken S / DD ON(E)
	105	5	E	0B1	1L	Repunched 18, High Level Date, Broken S / Weak O(N)E D(IM)E
	106	6	F	-1B0	1L	Repunched 3, High Date, Slight Down Slope, Partial S / Perfect Die
	107	7	G	0B1	1C	Misplaced 3, High Date, Sl. Down Slope, Partial S / Weak D(IM)E
	108	8	H	0C	1L	Medium Level Date, Die Lines at 12:30 / Doubled Lower Right Wreath
	109	9	I	0R	0B1	Repunched Left Arrow, Medium Level Date, Broken S / Perfect Die
	110	10	J	1L	1C	Medium Level Date, Full S, Die Defect By Foot / Weak O(N)E D(IM)E
	111	11	K	0B1	1L	Micro Left Arrow, High Date, Down Slope / Die Scratch In Lower Rt Wreath
	112	12	K	0R	1C	High Date, Slight Down Slope / Die Scratch In Lower Rt Wreath
	113	13	L	-1B0	0R	Medium Level Date, Partial S / Doubled Left Wreath, Weak O(N)E D(IM)E
	114	14	M	0C	0R	Low Level Date, Partial S, Die Defects On Liberty / Die Crack
	115	15	N	0C	1L	High Level Date, Partial S, Die Defects On Liberty / Major Defect DI(M)E
	116	16	O	-1B0	0B1	Left Arrow Points Down, High Level Date, Partial S / Perfect Die
	117	17	P	-1C	0C	High Level Date, Broken S / Weak O(N)E D(IM)E
	118	18	Q	0C	0B1	Repunched Left Arrow, Medium Level Date, Partial S / Perfect Die
	119	19	R	0R	0R	Medium Level Date, Full S / Very Weak O(N)E D(IM)E
	120	20	S	0L	0B1	Medium Level Date, Broken S / Perfect Date
	121	21	T	-1B0	0B1	High Level Date, Partial S / Weak O(N)E D(IM)E
	122	22	U	0C	0R	Left Arrow Points Down, High Level Date, Partial S / Doubled Wreath
	123	23	V	1R	1B2	Arrows Close to Date, High Level Date, Broken S / Weak O(N)E D(IM)E
	124	11	W	0B1	1L	Micro Left Arrow, High Date, Down Slope / Clashed Die
	125	15	X	OC	1L	High Level Date, Die Defects On Liberty / Die Line at 12:00 Reverse Rim


Variety Vs. Denticle Ruler Cross Reference Table

Scarcity: A common date in all grades except Mint State.  1873 With Arrows Mint State examples are more difficult to 
locate than their 1874 With Arrows counterpart.
 
Updated Greer Rarity Ratings
Overall Rarity: G-VG R1, F-VF R1, EF-AU R2-, MS R4

                                Fortin Variety Rarity Estimates In VF - Mint State

Variety	Rarity	Suggested Premiums	Variety	Rarity	Suggested Premiums
101	R3	-	113	R3	-
102	R4	-	114	R2	-
102a	R2	-	115	R2	-
103	R6	1000-2000%	116	R3	-
104	R4	50-100%	117	R3	-
105	R4	50-100%	118	R3	-
106	R4	50-100%	119	R4	-
107	R3	-	120	R3	-
108	R2	-	121	R3	-
109	R2	-	122	R4	-
110	R2	-	123	R3	-
111	R4	-	124	R4	-
112	R4	50-100%	125	R4	-

Comments: The reappearance of arrows at the date in 1873 coincides with the omnibus Mint Act of February 12, 1873. 
This act attempted to introduce the metric system for United States coinage weights.  Much has been written about 
the lack of merit of this act given that the new metric weight of 38.58 +/- 1.5 grains (2.5 +/- 0.097 grams) for  
dimes completely overlapped the prior weight requirement of 38.4 +/- 0.5 grains.  The re-introduction of arrows 
for coinage of 1873 and 1874 has created a desirable two year type coin. 
 
Many examples of 1873 With Arrows dimes are found with either a soft striking of Liberty's head and/or weakness 
in the center reverse denomination.  No hubbing of the arrows and date in the master die has been detected, unlike 
a portion of the 1853 With Arrows dies and all of the 1854 and 1855 dies.  To date, 23 obverse dies have been 
identified for 1873 With Arrows dimes.  23 obverse dies appears to be an excessive amount considering the reported 
mintage of 2,378,500 pieces.  The author has rarely seen 1873 With Arrows dimes in late die states.  The lack of late 
die state examples and the low average mintage of 100,000 pieces per die suggests a minimal usage of each set of obverse 
and reverse dies after the delivery of Closed and Open 3 1873 dimes in January and February. 
  
                               Value As A Date (Coin World Trends/CoinValues

Grade	1963	1973	1983	1993	2003	2012
G	6.5	9	13.5	8.5	20	20
F	12.5	17.5	37.5	25	30	30
EF	-	40	135	150	150	150
MS60	60	325	800	445	600	500
MS63	-	-	-	1300	1000	850

1873 With Arrows Date Gallery

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