NewP: 1830 Capped Bust Half Dime PCGS MS62 — variety attribution?

P0CKETCHANGE

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?

yosclimber

Nice coin!

@P0CKETCHANGE said:
... the holder has 'LM-9.2' beneath the grade — is that some kind of variety?

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/

LoveMyLiberty

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 .

P0CKETCHANGE

@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

ricko

Nice coin and good pictures... Why do you want to reholder the coin? Cheers, RickO

P0CKETCHANGE

@ricko said:
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

ricko

@PocketChange .... Valid reason, thanks for the response. Cheers, RickO