Rare 1860 Dime Errors (List & Pictures)
Where the extra outline appears makes a big difference when identifying 1860 Liberty Seated Dime errors. Small fragments between date digits point to repunching, while repeated lips, nose, and lettering identify a different doubled design.
Estimated values run from $60–$4,500. One exceptional doubled-die coin sold for $3,600 in 2022 and $2,880 on its return in 2023; use its pattern and preservation together when making a comparison.
1860 Dime Tiny Date Fragments Sit between the Digits: Repunched Date Error
The documented pattern has raised remnants high between 8 and 6, and midway between 6 and 0. They come from an earlier placement of the date punch in the die.
Workers repositioned the punch, leaving portions of the first date beside the final digits. The portrait did not need to be doubled for these fragments to appear.
This Philadelphia coin has UNITED STATES around Liberty and no mintmark. The 1860 San Francisco design instead has stars around her, so it requires a different reference.
How to Identify
Inspect both gaps with a magnifier, using a photograph of the same repunched-date pattern. Trace the raised shapes rather than accepting any bright bump between the digits.
Side lighting helps distinguish original metal from a scratch or flat shelf. One random mark is weaker evidence than matching both the high and middle remnants.
Confirm the surrounding words and absence of a mintmark in full face views. That prevents a same-year stars-design coin from being matched to the wrong variety.
A normal 1860 dime began near 2.49 grams and 17.9 mm, with grooves around the edge. Allow for circulation wear and inspect for trimming or repair when taking measurements.
What It’s Worth
$60–$1,500 is a working range for clearly identified worn through ordinary unworn examples. Visible fragments and original surfaces can improve collector appeal.
An 1849-O repunched-date dime in VF35 sold for $371.25 in July 2026. A lighter-worn 1843 Philadelphia example in XF45 brought $204 in 2022.
Those are related Seated dime comparisons from different years. Neither is a completed sale of this particular 1860 date pattern.
1860 Dime Liberty’s Features and Surrounding Words Repeat: F-106 Doubled Die Error
F-106 shows extra outlines at Liberty’s nose and lips along with parts of UNITED STATES. Heritage highlights the E in STATES on its photographed example.
The die already held the repeated design before it struck the coins. This is different from a coin moving between two separate blows.
How to Identify
Begin at E in STATES using the Heritage F-106 photographs. Then confirm that the nose and lips show the corresponding extra outlines.
Keep the coin still and move the light. Glare can shift or disappear, while a raised edge remains in the same place.
A match across several features is stronger than one thick-looking letter. Keep the correct Philadelphia words-around-Liberty design with the identification.
What It’s Worth
$75–$500 is an estimated range for worn examples, with $600–$4,500 for unworn coins. Exceptional preservation is needed for the strongest comparisons.
The NGC MS67 F-106 sold for $3,600 in August 2022 and $2,880 in July 2023. Both results belong to the same coin in outstanding unworn condition.
Two appearances do not mean two discoveries or two grades. They show that the same variety and condition can bring a different price at another sale.
Conclusion
Look between the date digits for repunching and across the face and lettering for F-106 doubling. Use both the location and shape of the extra detail instead of calling every repeated-looking line the same error.
Then compare preservation with the appropriate range. The two major auction figures describe one exceptional F-106, while the repunched-date estimates use related different-year examples for context.
