The unprecedented crossover underscores his personal efforts to combat “grade inflation.”
1879 Dime. A very popular pattern, as are others through J-1589, as specialists in regular issues ten-cent pieces have been drawn to them.
Obverse Description
Charles E. Barber’s Society Lady (popularly called Washlady) design, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around, date 1879 below.
Reverse Description
At the center a circle of beads or dots enclosing ONE DIME, around which is an open wreath of wheat and cotton, with E PLURIBUS UNUM in a cartouche above.
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