1839 (O) Seated Liberty Dime - No Drapery, BM
Strike TypeCoin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $74,750
- Sold
- Grade
- PR65
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
The 1839 (O) Seated Liberty Dime - No Drapery, BM is a special strike dime struck at the New Orleans Mint, part of the Seated Liberty Dimes 1837-1891 series. The obverse features Liberty seated on a rock, holding a pole surmounted by a Phrygian liberty cap in her left hand and a shield inscribed LIBERTY in her right and the reverse displays a laurel wreath enclosing the denomination, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around it. Minted during the age of Jacksonian democracy and the rise of the common man, as new branch mints opened in Charlotte, Dahlonega, and New Orleans. Struck at the New Orleans Mint, which operated from 1838 to 1909. Struck in 90% silver, 10% copper, weighing 2.67 grams, 17.9 mm in diameter, with a reeded edge. Cataloged as PCGS #4723.
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