Dark golden brown toning with some corrosion on the obverse. Traces of lustre remain visible beneath the toning. The mintage of this issue slightly exceeded that of 1809 with a total of 65,180 coins produced, all in the second and third quarters of the year. The single variety known with the 1811 date is an 1811 over 09 overdate. This die marriage shares the reverse die with 1809. This example is the finest recorded in theDime Census.

In Volume 2, Issue 1 of the Journal, Jim Koenings provided some observations surrounding the Capped Bust dime series. First among these observations: "1811 seems to be more scarce than the year 1809." Koenings provided several observations about various years and varieties, primarily involving rarity. Another article supports this conclusion regarding the scarcity of 1811 dimes. In Volume 6, Issue 1, Louis Scuderi provided notes about open collar Capped Bust dimes based on his several years of collecting the series by die varieties. He discussed rarity, die states, and striking characteristics of several individual varieties.

This is the only use of the obverse die and the first use of the reverse die after 1809 JR-1.

Late die state. The obverse has a short die crack from the border to bottom of 8 along with prominent clash marks and a bulge at 12:00. The reverse die is shattered with several die cracks in various directions. All die cracks described in the Dime Book are present.

Purchased August 1997 from William Subjack.