1820 Capped Bust Dime. JR-2. Rarity-3. Small 0. Unc Details--Cleaned (PCGS).,Light pewter gray surfaces display subtle golden-russet highlights around the peripheries. This is a sharply struck Large Diameter Capped Bust dime that has much to offer budget-minded Mint State type collectors. The year 1820 saw a particularly large output of dimes for the era, the reported mintage 942,587 pieces. Survivors of this date include Small 0 and Large 0 varieties, as well as one die pairing with the words STATESOFAMERICA in the reverse legend crowded together. JR-2, offered here, is readily available in circulated grades, but in keeping with the type as a whole is scarce in Uncirculated condition.,From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Ruddys) Austin Collection sale, May-June 1974, lot 484. Lot tag included.,



































