VF-20 1844 Little Orphan Annie Dime Rarity

Choice light golden-gray surfaces. Considerably more elusive across the board than its modest mintage of 72,500 pieces indicates. No one is certain about the origin of the "Orphan Annie" nickname, though the writer thinks it's because there was branch mint coinage in the preceding year, 1843, as well as in the following year, 1845, but "Little Orphan Annie" stands alone without any branch mint offerings for her date.