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HBCC #6089 – 1871 Dime – Obverse HBCC #6089 – 1871 Dime – Reverse
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1871 Dime

HBCC#:
6089
Breen#:
n/a
BD#:
n/a
Judd#:
1075
Pollock#:
1211

James Longacre’s Indian Princess design on a 10-cent denomination pattern, this example is struck in copper. The reverse is the slightly reduced-diameter Standard Silver design with the denomination enclosed in a wreath of grains. Note the particularly wide reverse border. The obverse die was prepared at the normal diameter for circulating coinage of this denomination, while the reverse was slightly reduced. To accommodate the obverse, normal diameter planchets were prepared, leaving the wide border around the reverse.

Provenance:
Purchased from Numismatics, Ltd., August 12, 1974.
Obverse:
Longacre's "Indian Princess" design, here seated to left, liberty pole and cap in right hand, left hand on globe, Western Hemisphere depicted on globe, ribbon on globe reads LIBERTY, furled flags behind Liberty, date below.
Reverse:
Wreath of corn and cotton, 10 CENTS on two lines within wreath, STANDARD above.
Commentary: