1802 Draped Bust Dime. JR-4. Rarity-4. VG-10 (PCGS). CAC. Blended pewter gray and olive-russet patina blankets both sides of this richly original example. With all major design elements boldly outlined and appreciable, there is much to recommend this coin to the circulated type, date or variety collector. Of the four known die marriages of this issue, JR-4 is the most frequently encountered in numismatic circles. The date as a whole is scarce, however, and Mint records account for a delivery of just 10,975 dimes during calendar year 1802. Winston Zack, Louis Scuderi and Michael Sherrill (2015) suspect only 175 to 225 survivors in all grades (all die marriages). From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection.
