Capped Bust Dime attribution challenge
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This one's a little tough as you can't use the date to narrow down the options.
If you don't own a book, like me, you can use this: http://www.byronreed.com/byrons_collections/capped_bust_dimes/
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I give up.
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Not my series and I have no book, so I'll take a guess utilizing available online resources for photos and after going through every die pair I could find photo's of, I will guess 1809 JR-1. No laughing, please. Might hurt somebody's feelings. LOL
Jim
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I'll "reveal" the die marriage tomorrow morning, about 10 or so hours from now. Get your guesses in!
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The die marriage is 1814 JR-3.
The first thing I noticed was the flat top 1 in 10 C, which limits it to anything before 1809, 1811, 1814, 1820 JR-8 and 10, 1821 JR-8, 9, and 10, 1823 JR-2 and 3, 1824 JR-1, and 1827 JR-2.
The biggest attribution point for the reverse is the missing dot after 10 C. That leaves only two options: 1814 JR-3 and 4.
The obverse is a little tricky since as far as I can tell, the only difference between the two is the position of the date. I noticed that the 8 in the date was not centered below the steeper slope in the bust, making it the JR-3.
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Bummer - I missed this challenge -I would have loved to come across this earlier.