Liberty Seated Dimes Varieties 1837-1891 - 1887 Philadelphia Variety Chapter Page

1887


Mintage: 11,283,939                                                                   Proofs: 710

Top 100	Var#	Obv	Rev	DR	Obverse / Reverse Quick Diagnostics	Ahwash	Greer
	101	1	A	0L	Proof Die, High Date, Slight Downward Slope / Proof Die
	102	2	B	0C	Repunched 1, High Date, Downward Slope / Clashed Die	A-1	G101
	103	3	C	-1R	Repunched and Misplaced Date, High Date, Down Slope / Die Doubling		G102
	104	4	D	-1C	Misplaced Digits, High Date, Downward Slope / Rusted Reverse Die
	105	5	E	0C	Misplaced 1 Digit, High Date, Downward Slope / Perfect Die
	106	6	F	0C	High Level Date, Die Crack UNITE(D STAT)ES / Light Die Clash
	107	7	G	-1B0	High Level Date / Die Doubling On (D)IME, Die Cracks
	108	8	H	0L	High Date, Slight Downward Slope / Perfect Die
	109	9	I	0C	High Level Date, Cracked Obverse / Cracked Reverse
	110	10	J	0L	High Date, Slight Downward Slope / Die Cracks
	111	11	K	0L	High Date, Slight Downward Slope, Die Cracks / Die Cracks
	112	12	L	0C	High Level Date, Die Cracks Both Sides of Date / Die Cracks
	113	13	M	0R	High Date, Slight Downward Slope, Clashed Die / Clashed Die
	114	14	N	-1B0	High Date, Downward Slope / Die Cracks
	115	15	O	0B1	High Level Date, Unknown Die Artifact Right of Liberty
	116	16	P	0R	Repunched 18, High Level Date / Irregular Letters in DIME
	117	17	Q	0C	Proof Die, High Level Date, Radial Die Lines / Proof Die


Variety Vs. Denticle Ruler Cross Reference Table

Scarcity: A common date in all grades.

Updated Greer Rarity Ratings
Overall Rarity: G-VG R1, F-VF R1, EF-AU R1+, MS R2+ 

                                Fortin Variety Rarity Estimates In VF - Mint State

Variety	Rarity	Suggested Premiums	Variety	Rarity	Suggested Premiums
101	R3	-	110	R2	-
102	R3	-	111	R2	-
103	R4	-	112	R3	-
104	R2	-	113	R2	-
105	R4	-	114	R2	-
106	R3	-	115	R4	-
107	R3	-	116	R4	-
108	R2	-	117	R6	50-100%
109	R2	-

Comments: This is a date that requires much more study for misplaced and repunched dates.  I have ignored the date 
throughout this research due to the lack of date punch placement variations and known varieties.  With a mintage 
of 11+ million,  the striking of this date may have utilized over 50 different die pairs.  Researching these dies 
through subtle die cracks is a task left to another serious Seated dime variety collector.  I have left all the 
variety rarity ratings, except for the Variety 101 Proof and the Variety 103 MPD/RPD, at R2 due to the lack of 
attention for this date.  
  
                               Value As A Date (Coin World Trends/CoinValues

Grade	1963	1973	1983	1993	2003	2012
G	0.5	2.25	3.75	4	20	15
F	1.5	4	7	7.25	30	25
EF	-	9.5	27	20	40	40
MS60	8.5	90	205	125	200	150
MS63	-	-	-	300	400	250

1887 Date Gallery

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