Bingham and Reich's Mistress Dimes
1797 16 Stars


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: DIMES - DRAPED BUST
Item Description: 10C 1797 16 STARS JR-1
Grade: NGC XF Details
Grade Comment: DAMAGED
Owner: Francis C
 
Winning Set: Bingham and Reich's Mistress Dimes
Date Added: 10/21/2014
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

The 1797 date is more scarce than the 1796 year.
The 1797 dime has two varieties that are often collected as different types themselves. The JR-1 (the one in my collection), has 16 stars on the obverse (the 16th star for Tennessee, which had just entered the union). The second variety (JR-2), has only 13 stars on the obverse - presumably it was getting too crowded to keep adding stars for each new state and reverted to original 13. The JR-2 is more rare than the JR-1, but both varieties together probably do not constitute much more than 200-275 in all grades and conditions.
This dime has some light scratches and a few dings and black marks on the reverse.

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