Supposibly these dimes are rare.....How rare?

Crazy4Coins

PCGS only shows a pop of 1 for the 1970, and 1 for 1970-D

Doesn't list anything for the '69

So are these rare?

1969


1970

mbogoman

???

(obviously I'm not a dime guy...)

erwindoc

Not seeing anything special, am I missing a ddo/ddr?

rawmorgan

Your dimes are not rare. In MS-67/68 the 1970 and 1970-D pops are low and may bring a premium.

Since your dimes are well circulated I would wager they are worth...............ten cents.

DIMEMAN

I don't think they are rare. I have only been looking (and not hard) for them since they came out in the new CPG. I have already found the 70-D in ngc66FB. Have not sent in yet for attribution, but it is the variety.

I may be wrong, but I don't think they will be rare......maybe hard to find in MS.

LindeDad

Only reason they show rare at PCGS is they are not valuable enough to make professionally grading them economically sensible.

MidLifeCrisis

TPG pops can be very misleading.

Crazy4Coins

<< <i>Not seeing anything special, am I missing a ddo/ddr? >>



They are both "Reverse of '68" varieties listed in the Cherry Pickers Guide.

Per the CPG, these have the reverse that was used for the '68 Proof dimes. This design was not used on circulation strikes until 1971.

The pick up point is the two deep valleys in the flame, and it being struck in high relief.

Cherry Pickers Guide states they seem to be rare, but as Dimeman mentions it is a relatively new variety. Time will tell.