Owner Comments:
The 1898 Dinero is a moderately scarce date, not often encountered in mint state. Though I have seen a very small group of lower-end Unc's 1898's on a foreign site.
Flatt lists three varieties. One has the 8 high in the date (this could be considered the "normal" date), one has a dramatic D/F in "DINO", and lastly the overdate 1898/7, which Krause also lists. The catalog's value for the 1898 regular date needs to be raised, as it is well below the "common" 20th Century dates at $20. The $48.50 for the 1898/7 is justified, although very few are paying close attention to these overdates. I have seen the D/F in DINO on the Whittier coin and on the small group on a foreign site, so it is not super rare.
Only five mint state coins have been graded at NGC, none at PCGS. Two in 62, one in 64, one in 65, and one in a lofty 67 (1898/7).
The set specimen is a lovely near-Gem and high-end for the grade. Especially pretty orange highlights feature on the reverse. This is the variety with the dramatic D/F in "DINO," which I asked NGC to label, but they did not (likely because it's not listed in the catalog). The first 8 in the date has re-punching. High last "8". Third finest, with two better, one in 65, and one in 67 (1898/7).