1883 Liberty Seated Dime New Die Pairing

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Gyrene7483 Pillar of the Community United States 1704 Posts	Posted 02/06/2015 7:52 pm While browsing a Heritage Auction I found an 1883 dime I really liked, a PCGS 1883 MS-64 CAC. I decided to try and see what the Fortin number for the piece and found it looked like it has the Obverse 15 of F-115 but the reverse was not the Reverse O of the F-115 which is a perfect die. This 1883 I was looking at has some, as Gerry put it, nasty and atypical die clashing behind Liberty's head and the reverse does not match either of the two known 1883 dimes with a DR (Denticle Ruler) of -1B0. I sent large clear pictures of the coin to Gerry and he confirmed it is a previously unknown die pair. I now own the dime and it is an upgrade to replace the MS-62 1886 dime in my type set. Links to large images. http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums...2bca7fb0.jpg http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums...0261999a.jpg Report this Post to the Staff

ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 02/06/2015 10:10 pm Wow, that is very cool! Awesome coin! Report this Post to the Staff
MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 02/06/2015 10:59 pm Way to go discovering a new die pair. -MV Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 02/07/2015 04:07 am Very cool find and excellent sleuthing, detective work on your part, way to use knowledge to uncover a new variety and die pairing, congratulations! I'm sure the Seated Liberty Collectors Society will be most interested in hearing about this new find. http://www.lsccweb.org/ "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
Gyrene7483 Pillar of the Community United States 1704 Posts	Posted 02/07/2015 12:01 pm Quote: I'm sure the Seated Liberty Collectors Society will be most interested in hearing about this new find. I will be getting the coin in today's mail this afternoon and next week it will be off to Gerry Fortin for imaging for his new discoveries page and web-book. I have already posted this dime on the Liberty Seated Coin Collectors forum http://seateddimes.yuku.com/topic/4....VNZESyzSMSU This is actually the second dime that I have found that was a new discovery. The first was an MS-63 1877 dime with a spectacularly shattered reverse die. It was listed on his New Discoveries page on January 24, 2014. I eventually sold it to him. This image shows the NINE exit points of the die cracks to the rim. This die probably did not last much longer after this coin was struck. Report this Post to the Staff
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