Three obverse and five reverse dies were combined to create to produce seven varieties. The recorded mintage for this year was 522,500 coins. This was the final full year of coinage at the first Mint facility. The new Mint building had been under construction since the summer of 1829 and was finally nearing completion. There is no doubt that Mint personnel were busy preparing for the move, as suggested by the introduction to the year in the Dime Book, and that the coinage operations for the year were largely unsupervised.

This is the only obverse die use and the third reverse die use after 1829 JR-12 and 1831 JR-6.

A faint die crack connects most stars on the left, continuing to front of the cap. A minute crack is seen at center of I in LIBERTY. Another crack extends vertically from the ear lobe to curl on neck and drapery clasp, eventually to the field above 8. A heavier crack connects all stars on right, especially visible at stars 9 through 12. An additional crack from the border joins the tops of all four digits in the date. The reverse has tiny die chips inside the right angle of N and the right angle of M.