Building a set of early US type. Half dimes complete
fishteeth
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Over the years I have built many sets and owned thousands of coins. My favorites were always the draped bust and flowing hair. The problem, finding coins that were attractive, yet fit my budget. About six months ago coinlieutenant helped me plot my course to focus on a nice type set of flowing hair and draped bust material.
Over the past 6 months or so we have together found some great coins. My favorite being the 95 dollar he found me.
I originally thought that the half dimes would be the hardest to find nice. Well in the space of a few weeks I found three keepers.
The 1795 may not look great in the pictures but you have to remember this is a tiny coin blown up to the size of a dinner plate. It is the least original piece but in hand my favorite piece. Great detail and color. The light scratches really pop with the flash on my camera.
The 1797 I found as a buy it now on ebay shortly after it was listed. Got it for what I feel was a great price and have never seen a circ half dime with so few marks.
The 1800 is a coin i have followed for a while. Very happy to have finally landed it.
So in a matter of a few days I completed what I thought would be the hardest group except for the small eagle quarter and half.
as a bonus try to guess what pcgs graded the 1795 half dime. It is in a problem free old green holder
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She is very nice in all three iterations. Congrats and thank you for the showing.
Attributions (not really relevant for a type set, but in case you don't already know):
1795 LM-10, R3
1797 LM-1, R-3
1800 LM-1, R-3
At your discretion, you could include a 1792 half disme in such an early type set.
Very nice acquisitions.... You are correct, blowing up coins that large makes everything jump out...Congratulations on getting these little beauties so quickly. Cheers, RickO
Wow, all impressive. I'm a big fan of the flowing hair.
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
Very, very impressive coins, especially the matched toning. Congrats and thank you for sharing.
Jim
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Fantastic accomplishment!
Will enjoy seeing the other coins in the early set as these types are the toughest to find so attractive and well complementary to each other without being too matchy_matchy. Great representatives of these scarce tiny survivors.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Sweet coins. Good for you!
Hard to find a nice se for sure.
My 1866 Philly Mint Set
Wow, simply great looking examples.
Somewhere I heard that a great shortcut to evaluating a type set is to look at the half dimes. In this case, it looks like you're doing it to perfection. Really nice examples.
I like all three
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Wow, all impressive. I'm a big fan of the flowing hair.
Yes, all grade fabulous...
I wish there was a "love" button to hot for the OP! "Like" is not strong enough.
You did good old friend
What about the 1792?