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1820 Capped Bust Dime Rare Variety?

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 Posted 08/07/2022  06:42 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Sav_Harps to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I dug this 1820 Capped Bust Dime while metal detecting (YouTube video attached) and posted it on Treasurenet.com (post also attached) and was told to post on a coin forum to see if it could be a rare variety? I'm not a numismatist, so if any collectors or experts could comment I would greatly appreciate it.

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https://www.treasurenet.com/threads...dime.673874/
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 Posted 08/07/2022  07:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add smat45 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cool find!
https://www.PCGS.com/coinfacts/coin...small-0/4493
Looks like a small "0" relative to the 2...but as far as the JR #...not versed enough to render the #
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 Posted 08/07/2022  08:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jadey to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Your photos are a bit lacking in detail, and I do not have an attribution guide, but looking strictly at the photos on the NGC Variety Plus for Early Dimes photos I believe it is a JR2.


https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plu...1837/816513/

From that link, click on the photo for 1820 Small O JR-2. On the reverse, focus on "STATES OF AMER" and "PLURIBUS". Notice the alignment of the E in STATES relative to the B in PLURIBUS and compare that to your coin. They are almost exactly left aligned (left of E above left of B). Only JR 2, 6 & 10 have that alignment.

Next, look at the position of the O relative to the F in OF. Your coin has the O and F offset, which excludes JR-6 and JR-10.

And now I just noticed that the M and E in AMERICA are joined on the JR-2 (and the M may be doubled), and none of the other varieties, so that should settle it.
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 Posted 08/07/2022  08:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jadey to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Oh, and I should say. awesome find. I haven't done any detecting in the last couple years because of back problems, but I would LOVE to find a coin like that. Especially in that condition. Congratulations.
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 Posted 08/07/2022  08:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kenwright396 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice and interesting find. Welcome to the Community.
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 Posted 08/07/2022  08:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GERMANICVS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like JR-2, rarity 3.

In the word AMERICA, the letters M and E are joined.
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 Posted 08/07/2022  09:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sav_Harps to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you all for the ID! I will be posting more old coins in the future.
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 Posted 08/07/2022  10:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sav_Harps,
to CCF and that's a nice find.Check out or metal detecting section.
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 Posted 08/07/2022  11:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikev50 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
great find---small "0"--- jr 2
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 Posted 08/10/2022  2:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What a great coin to find!
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 Posted 08/10/2022  2:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jacrispies to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Agreed, very nice find!!
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 Posted 09/02/2022  01:01 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks nice.except the scratch.
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