A Nothing Day Quickly Turns Into a Something Awesome Day...Draped Bust Dime!

[Silvermonkey]

Three hours of wandering around the woods hadn't produced much today...a couple of wheaties, about 63 c in clad, and the usual junk. I promised myself "just one more good signal" and I'd call it a day. A few minutes later I hit a fair sounding target with a "86" VDI on my D-2. It was about 10 feet off a seldom used hiking trail, and about 4 inches deep. After hacking through some roots, I was very surprised to see a thin silver coin at the bottom of the hole. At first glance, I couldn't ID it. Some gentle cleaning at home revealed a heavily worn 180x Draped Bust dime. The hole in the coin was punched directly through the final digit, so we'll never know the exact date. These coins were minted for a very short period of time, between 1796-1807. All of the dimes in this run had very low mintages, ranging between 22,000- 165,000.

The Draped Bust dimes were an odd size (IMHO), compared to modern coins. At 19mm in diameter, they fall between the size of a quarter (24 mm) and a dime(17.9 mm). Close to the diameter of a nickel. Here's another picture for size comparison, along with a shot of the trail where it was found:

I never even considered the possibility of ever finding a Draped Bust dime. It's encouraging to know that these types of early American silvers still are out there. Thanks for taking a look. Happy Hunting All!

 

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[hunting deer]

Wow! Congrats!

 

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[Mr. Digger]

Wow SM that is one heck of an amazing find and a very rare coin. Trying to recall if I have ever seen one posted here. If that thing doesn't end up as a banner then I don't know what deserves to be up there. CONGRATS!

 

[CreekSide]

Nice quality finds