NEWP - 1858-O Half Dime

Omegaraptor

So I greatly enjoy collecting Seated Half Dimes, and I didn’t have the 1858-O. I was looking on Ebay and saw this one up for $15.

It’s a nice, well-circulated coin that served its purpose and a decent hole filler. Especially at $15 - can’t complain!

Except I can, because I bought only one New Orleans half dime. So I bought this other one at $10 as well, pictured on the right. Having two New Orleans half dimes is never a bad thing!

dsessom

You can't beat the price for sure!

Shane6596

logger7

We must never discount the pride and joy of acquisition and ownership!

jesbroken

Now those coins both, have so many pockets that they have resided in and truly would be wondrous to know where and when. I love worn coins for what they represent.
Jim

asheland

Fun stuff! I have the 57-0 dime I wouldn’t mind finding a New Orleans half dime myself.

Cool pick up. 👍

yosclimber

Actually, looking at the lower date weakness, and the repunched mint mark,
you have an 1853-O No Arrows!
That's quite a score for $15.
PCGS Price Guide value is $450 in G4, which is the grade of your coin, accounting for the normal lower date weakness.
https://sites.google.com/view/clintcummins/half-dime-attribution-guide

The only bad news is that you'll have to keep trying to find an 1858-O.

NumisOxide

@yosclimber said:
Actually, looking at the lower date weakness, and the repunched mint mark,
you have an 1853-O No Arrows!
That's quite a score for $15.
PCGS Price Guide value is $450 in G4, which is the grade of your coin, accounting for the normal lower date weakness.
https://sites.google.com/view/clintcummins/half-dime-attribution-guide

The only bad news is that you'll have to keep trying to find an 1858-O.

Nice score!!

Omegaraptor

@yosclimber said:
Actually, looking at the lower date weakness, and the repunched mint mark,
you have an 1853-O No Arrows!
That's quite a score for $15.
PCGS Price Guide value is $450 in G4, which is the grade of your coin, accounting for the normal lower date weakness.
https://sites.google.com/view/clintcummins/half-dime-attribution-guide

The only bad news is that you'll have to keep trying to find an 1858-O.

This was a test. You passed! Didn’t take long.

The other half dime is also an 1853-O No Arrows.

I still don’t have an 1858-O half dime.

Or even an 1853-O WITH arrows.

EagleScout2017

@Omegaraptor said:

@yosclimber said:
Actually, looking at the lower date weakness, and the repunched mint mark,
you have an 1853-O No Arrows!
That's quite a score for $15.
PCGS Price Guide value is $450 in G4, which is the grade of your coin, accounting for the normal lower date weakness.
https://sites.google.com/view/clintcummins/half-dime-attribution-guide

The only bad news is that you'll have to keep trying to find an 1858-O.

This was a test. You passed! Didn’t take long.

The other half dime is also an 1853-O No Arrows.

I still don’t have an 1858-O half dime.

Or even an 1853-O WITH arrows.

I'm surprised nobody got it sooner.

yosclimber

@Omegaraptor said:
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The other half dime is also an 1853-O No Arrows.

OK, I'll bite.
How do you attribute the right hand one as an 1853-O No Arrows?

It does have the correct mint mark size and position.
But how do you know it is not a 1853-O V-6 which shares that reverse,
or some other year?

Did you weigh it?
Weighing it might exclude the 1853-O V-6, but it would not exclude the 1850-O.

Omegaraptor

@yosclimber said:

@Omegaraptor said:
...
The other half dime is also an 1853-O No Arrows.

OK, I'll bite.
How do you attribute the right hand one as an 1853-O No Arrows?

It does have the correct mint mark size and position.
But how do you know it is not a 1853-O V-6 which shares that reverse,
or some other year?

Did you weigh it?
Weighing it might exclude the 1853-O V-6, but it would not exclude the 1850-O.

I will have to weigh it to make sure. But what remains of the top of the date (which isn’t easy to see, although the top of the 8 is somewhat visible) is very close to the rock, more indicative of 53-O NA than 53-O WA V6.

It was a $10 gamble based on the weakness of the date relative to the rest of the obverse.

ricko

Seems like you got a good deal on the coins... It pays to know the series... Sometimes these good deals show up, and one must be ready. Cheers, RickO

The_Dinosaur_Man

That's a lucky score! After reading some of the above comments and checking against the 1858-O and the 1853-O No Arrows in my collection, I can see that you were in fact super lucky with that pick-up. Good work!