1796 Draped Bust Dime (First US Dime)
- Maker
- U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)
- Year
- 1796
- Rank
- 99 of 100
1796 Draped Bust Dime (First US Dime)
1796 Draped Bust Dime (First US Dime) by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia) (1796) is ranked 99 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $881,250 on 23 June 2014. America's first dime and first year of the denomination — a foundational early-type rarity from the Mint's earliest years.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
America's first dime and first year of the denomination — a foundational early-type rarity from the Mint's earliest years.
10c silver, Draped Bust, Small Eagle, JR-1, PCGS MS67 (finest known)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $881,250
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 23 June 2014
Heritage Auctions, June 23 2014. PCGS MS67, the finest-known 1796 dime, realized $881,250 — the auction record for the date. The first United States dime.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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