1869 Proof Dime Pattern - J-712

Coin Details

Auction Record

$6,210 PR65 07-26-2003 Heritage Auctions

Description

This proof dime pattern advances the 1869 series to its seventeenth variety. J-712 was produced as the Reconstruction era drew to its formal close, with the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment and the establishment of more stable governance in the former Confederate states signaling a shift in national priorities. The dime pattern program, like other late-Reconstruction experiments, bridges the tumultuous post-war period and the Gilded Age that followed.

Rarity Notes

R.6 to R.7. Estimated 10-15 examples survive.

Cross References

Pollock-3748