1829 Capped Bust Dime. JR-2. Rarity-2. Large 10 C. MS-66 (PCGS). Golden-bronze iridescence dominates this example, accented by deeper sapphire colors at the borders. The devices are impressively sharp and frosty, somewhat contrasting with faint reflectivity in the fields. Lustrous and without notable abrasions, a faint planchet drift mark (as made) in the field inside star 2 serves as a convenient provenance marker for tracing this piece through future cabinets. <p>Of the 14 submissions of 1829 Large 10 C dimes that have received Mint State grades at PCGS, only nine have been certified MS-65 or finer. The present example is certainly among the very finest known, with only the MS-67 Pogue specimen ranking higher at PCGS.<p>In his <em>Complete Encyclopedia</em>, Walter Breen reported a "tiny hoard" of this variety, which he attributes to "one of Paul Reveres descendants." Revere, who died 11 years before this coin was struck, had 16 children, of whom 11 survived to adulthood. In 1956, when Breen estimates this group came to light, Reveres descendants numbered in the thousands, and no evidence to support this curious statement has ever emerged.<p>
