I started translating an article about Capped Bust Dimes here and encountered a misunderstanding in the following words "breaded border". I would like an explanation of what the author meant and what it is in general (perhaps I myself will be able to choose a Russian word)
For what it's worth, having looked it up, I'd translate it as "obodok iz tochek" (no Cyrillic on CCF yet, alas). Though it doesn't look like Capped Bust dimes had what I'm thinking of in particular; it might be a different thing.
Question #2. Nickel Three Cents "This culminated with three proof-only issues and several circulation strikes with mintages in the low thousands." - I may not have understood the meaning of this sentence, but what about the last 3 issues of Proof and extremely low mint state circulations? Why exactly three? Coins for circulation and proof quality coins were minted every year, yes, the circulation fell, but that's all. there was no break in the coinage.
After 1876 business strike mintages fell dramatically except for 1881. The highest post 1876 mintage (not including 1881) was 1879 with 38,000. Four years (1883, 84, 85, and 87) were 5,000 or less, and in three years (1877, 87, and 1886) only proof coins were made, no business strikes.
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