1821 United States 10 Cent Value
Depending on how well it survived, a 1821 United States 10 Cent brings anywhere from its melt value to well into four figures. Certified examples in top grades can run far higher.
Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.
1821 United States 10 Cent value by grade
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Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.
What is a 1821 United States 10 Cent worth right now?
Pricing for the 1821 United States 10 Cent depends on grade and current collector demand.
1821 United States 10 Cent specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1821
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Silver
- Weight
- 2.692 g
- Diameter
- 19 mm
Why this coin has no mint mark
The 1821 United States 10 Cent was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which used no mint mark in this era. If you find no letter where branch-mint coins carry one (check the usual position for this series), you are holding a Philadelphia issue.
What makes the 1821 United States 10 Cent valuable
Documented examples of the 1821 United States 10 Cent in our reference database anchor what we know about this issue. Mintage records are incomplete, so collector demand and surviving population drive its market.
The series itself does some of the lifting for the 1821 United States 10 Cent: Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Broad, multigenerational demand for the design gives every date, including this one, a deep and liquid market.
1821 United States 10 Cent inscriptions & design
Obverse
LIBERTY [on cap] / (date)
Capped liberty bust left
Reverse
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM [on scroll] / 10 C.
Eagle with shield, holding olive branch and arrows; Scroll above
Measured 1821 United States 10 Cent specimens
5 physically measured 1821 United States 10 Cent examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 2.692 g, 19 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
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| 1821 United States 10 Cent #1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1821 United States 10 Cent #2 | - | - | - | - |
| 1821 United States 10 Cent #3 | - | - | - | - |
| 1821 United States 10 Cent #4 | - | - | - | - |
| 1821 United States 10 Cent #5 | 2.692 g | 19 mm | 6 h | Breen.Encyclopedia.3172 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.