Liberty Seated Dimes Varieties 1837-1891 - 1889 Philadelphia Variety Chapter Page

1889


Mintage: 7,380,711                                                                   Proofs: 711

Top 100	Var#	Obv	Rev	DR	Obverse / Reverse Quick Diagnostics	Ahwash	Greer
	101	1	A	0C	Proof Die, High Date, Downward Slope / Proof Die
	102	2	B	OR	Proof Die, Medium Date, Downward Slope, Open 9 / Proof Die
*	103	3	C	0C	Repunched and Blundered Date, Med Level Date / Doubling In Wreath		G103
*	104	4	D	0L	Med Date, Down Slope, 2nd 8 Repunched Up / Doubled Die Reverse #1		G101
	105	5	E	-1B0	Medium Date, Down Slope, Closed 9 / Doubled Die Reverse #2		G101
*	106	6	F.2	0B1	Medium Level Date, Closed 9 / Doubled Die Reverse #3, Clashed Die		G101
	107	7	G	0C	Medium Date, Downward Slope, Closed 9 / Doubled Die Reverse #4		G101
	108	8	H	-1B0	High Date, Sharp Downward Slope / Doubled Die Reverse #5, Die Cracks
	109	9	I	0B1	Repunched 8, Medium Date, Downward Slope, Open 9 / Perfect Die	A-1	G102
	110	10	J	0C	Repunched 889, Medium Date, Sl. Down Slope, Closed 9 / Clashed Rev
	111	11	K	1C	High Date, Downward Slope, Open 9 / Perfect Die	A-2
	111a	11	K.2	1C	High Date, Downward Slope, Open 9 / Rim Cud at 11:30
	112	12	L	1B2	Misplaced Digits In Base, Medium Date, Slight Up Slope / Perfect Die
	113	13	M	-1B0	Medium Date, Downward Slope, Closed 9 / Perfect Die
	114	14	N	0C	Medium Level Date, Open 9 / Perfect Die
	115	15	O	0R	Misplaced Top of 8, Med Date, Sl. Down Slope / DCr Lower Rt Wreath
	116	16	P	0L	High Date, Downward Slope, Open 9 / Perfect Die
	117	17	Q	0C	Medium Date, Slight Down Slope, Clashed Die / Faint DCr, Clashed Die
	118	18	R	-1B0	Weak Base, Medium Level Date, Closed 9 / Die Crack at 9:00
	119	19	S	0R	High Date, Downward Slope, Open 9 / Perfect Die
	120	20	T	0B1	Medium Level Date, Closed 9 / Circular Die Cracks In Wreath
	121	21	U	1L	High Level Date, Closed 9 / Perfect Die
	122	22	F	1L	High Date, Sl. Down Slope, Open 9 / Doubled Die Reverse #3		G101
	123	7	E	0C	Medium Date, Downward Slope, Closed 9 / Doubled Die Reverse #2
	124	23	X	-1C	Medium Date, Downward Slope, Closed 9 / Perfect Die
	125	24	Y	0R	Repunched 1, Medium Date, Sl. Down Slope, Closed 9 / Perfect Die
	126	25	Z	0R	MPD 18 in Shield, Medium Date, Sl. Down Slope, Open 9 / Perfect Die
	127	26	AA	0C	Die Scratch on Gown, Medium Date, Down Slope, Closed 9 / Die Cracks
	128	27	BB	0L	MPD 9 in Gown, High Date, Down Slope, Open 9 / Die Cracks
	129	28	CC	0B1	Medium Level Date, Open 9 / Perfect Die


Variety Vs. Denticle Ruler Cross Reference Table

Scarcity: A common date in all grades including Mint State.

Updated Greer Rarity Ratings
Overall Rarity: G-VG R1, F-VF R1, EF-AU R2, MS R3-

                                Fortin Variety Rarity Estimates In VF - Mint State

Variety	Rarity	Suggested Premiums	Variety	Rarity	Suggested Premiums
101	R4	-	115	R3	-
102	R4	-	116	R3	-
103	R6	300-500%	117	R3	-
104	R3	20-40%	118	R3	-
105	R3	20-40%	119	R3	-
106	R3	20-40%	120	R3	-
107	R4	30-50%	121	R3	-
108	R4	30-50%	122	R4	20-40%
109	R4	-	123	R4	20-40%
110	R4	20-40%	124	R3	-
111	R3	-	125	R3	-
111a	R6	50-100%	126	R4	20-40%
112	R3	-	127	R3	-
113	R3	-	128	R4	20-40%
114	R3	-	129	R3	-

Comments: Reverse die doubling was undoubtedly not a primary concern by mint workers during the hubbing 
of the 1889 reverse dies.  As a result, at least five reverse dies have been identified with Class 1 
rotated hub doubling.  Rotated hub doubling can occur during the second hubbing of a working die.  The 
die being rehubbed is rotated about the center to an alternate position from its initial hubbing.  The amount 
of die doubling will be a function of the amount of rotation.  The image made in the second hubbing is 
typically stronger than the one from the first hubbing.  Since the point of rotation is near the center of 
the die, the amount of doubling will increase as you move towards the rim of the die. For the five 1889 
doubled reverse dies, doubling is at it greatest near the outer edge of the wreath leaves.
 
Surprisingly, the 1889 obverse dies are mostly free from date repunching and misplaced dates.  Variety 103 
presents an opportunity to own two date punch preparation artifacts on the same coin.  John McCloskey 
discovered the simultaneous existence of a repunched and misplaced date variety and published the finding 
in the Gobrecht Journal in 1992.  This variety is considered very rare. 
  
                               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	27	20	40	40
MS60	8.5	90	205	125	200	150
MS63	-	-	-	295	400	350

1889 Date Gallery

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