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Draped Bust Dimes

Robert Scot designed the Draped Bust dime, applying the same portrait he had used across the other silver denominations to what was then the smallest standard silver coin in the American series. The half dime existed, technically, but the Mint had stopped producing it after 1805, leaving the dime as the bottom rung of the silver ladder for most of the Draped Bust period. Scot's obverse Liberty, facing right with loosely tied hair and a drape across her bust, was the familiar Gilbert Stuart adaptation that had appeared on everything from the half dime to the dollar. By the time it reached the dime the design was well established, and Scot's workshop could produce the dies without much experimentation. The dime was small, just 19 millimeters in diameter and weighing 2.7 grams, and the reduced scale meant that some of the finer details of the portrait were inevitably lost. Liberty's hair looks a bit muddier on a dime than on a half dollar, but that is the nature of shrinking a design meant for a larger canvas.

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1796–1807 Years struck
16 Date / variety entries
Philadelphia only Mints

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Key date Semi-key Variety Regular
Date Variety Mintage Price Guide Estimates Classification CK #
G VG F VF EF AU MS
1796 22,135 $2,230$3,135$4,070$5,420$7,465$12,155$17,605 KEY CK-1655
1797 13 Stars 25,261 $2,365$3,215$5,080$6,480$13,060$17,605$32,475 KEY CK-1656
1797 16 Stars 25,261 $2,230$3,215$4,070$5,580$7,465$12,155$22,375 KEY CK-1657
1798 1798/7 Overdate, 13 Star Reverse 27,550 KEY CK-1658
1798 1798/7 Overdate, 16 Star Reverse 27,550 KEY CK-1659
1798 Large 8 27,550 $2,005$4,440$6,065$7,465$12,155$24,210$40,685 KEY CK-1660
1798 Small 8 27,550 $1,625$2,365$3,395$7,010$8,445$14,225$40,685 KEY CK-1661
1800 21,760 $810$875$1,375$2,365$3,655$9,910$20,100 KEY CK-1662
1801 34,640 $905$1,040$1,775$3,135$5,085$10,775$40,685 KEY CK-1663
1802 10,975 $1,225$1,825$2,490$3,720$6,510$14,895$35,340 KEY CK-1664
1803 33,040 $875$1,375$1,470$2,365$4,995$9,350$60,225 KEY CK-1665
1804 13 Star Reverse 8,265 $3,655$5,085$8,445$12,390$27,840$60,540 KEY CK-1666
1804 14 Star Reverse 8,265 KEY CK-1667
1805 4 Berries 120,780 $470$810$1,140$1,470$2,365$2,765$6,065 SEMI-KEY CK-1668
1805 5 Berries 120,780 $495$875$1,325$1,800$2,550$3,395$6,510 SEMI-KEY CK-1669
1807 165,000 $455$735$1,180$1,625$2,230$2,715$4,505 SEMI-KEY CK-1670