NewP: 1830 Capped Bust Half Dime PCGS MS62 — variety attribution?
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Picked this up a few months ago to fill the Early Half Dime slot in my Registry type set, but just got around to cataloging it. The ring of bright toning on the reverse really caught my eye, and I think it will pop once I get it reholdered with a TrueView.
Thoughts on the coin? Also, the holder has 'LM-9.2' beneath the grade — is that some kind of variety? 
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Nice coin!
Yes, LM stands for Logan and McCloskey, who wrote the book
"Federal Half Dimes 1792-1837".
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30595216052&cm_sp=Searchmod--NullResults--BDP
There were 14 different obverse x reverse die pairs for 1830, and yours is #9 (as in LM-9).
The .2 part is due to a "remarriage".
LM-9.2 is R-4.
The rarest die marriages for 1830 are R-7: LM-5 and LM-11.
The rarest including remarriages is R-8: LM 1.0 (3 known).
@UtahCoin had a website with the capped bust half dime varieties,
which you can still partly access:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190803013844/http://www.everythinghalfdimes.com/
Just taking a guess that you have a LM-9.2 die marriage
that used obv,5 & Rev.L . Valentine describes this as V-5b.
Look for the Russell J. Logan, John W. McCloskey book
Federal Half Dimes 1792 - 1837 .
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@yosclimber thank you for the wealth of information! I do not collect by variety or die marriage but I always like to know about them for the coins that I own
cheers
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Nice coin and good pictures... Why do you want to reholder the coin? Cheers, RickO
I'd like a TrueView of every coin in my main registry type set
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@PocketChange .... Valid reason, thanks for the response. Cheers, RickO