John Daggett (May 9, 1833 – August 30, 1919) was a mine owner and politician who served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1883 to 1887.

Daggett would later be restored to a formal role with the party at a subsequent convention in 1886, where he was elected first vice president of the state central committee.

On May 18, 1893, he was nominated by President Grover Cleveland to serve as Superintendent of the United States Mint at San Francisco, a position he held until 1897.

According to daughter Hallie as recounted much later, her father presented three coins each to seven people, with the remaining three given to her with instructions to save them until she was as old as he was, at which time she would be able to sell them for a good price.

[4] Much later Hallie sold the remaining two dimes to California dealer Earl Parker, with one selling in 2007 for $1.9 million.