The 1864 Seated Liberty Dime has always been a difficult coin to locate in any grade, which makes this conditionally high-end piece especially desirable. With a mintage of a mere 11,000 circulation strikes, and being issued during the difficult Civil War years, very few were saved by collectors and the few Mint State examples we see today were saved largely by chance.This one is guaranteed to please -- presenting slightly prooflike fields on the obverse with the lightly frosted devices highlighting the image of a seated Miss Liberty in crisp definition, while the reverse glows with an attractive overall frostiness. The coloration on both sides displays dusky amber tones around portions of the peripheries, brightening toward a light champagne at the centers. The strike is crisp to bold, and hardly to be faulted while the fields, rims, and images have only the most microscopic contact marks available under scrutiny. Circulation strikes of the 1864 dime typically show die clash marks on the reverse, and on this one they are especially bold, and doubled, with the obverse also showing evidence of clashing, but to a much lesser degree. ,,PCGS# 4639. NGC ID: 239M.,PCGS Population: 3: none finer at either PCGS or NGC. ,
