@BillJones said:
The 1802 half dime. I have been fascinated with the early half dimes since I was a YN in the 1960s. I have built a “Red Book” set since the 1970s. The 1802 is the last one, and it’s pretty much out of my reach now.
There was a VG that Northeast Numismatics offered for over a year. It didn’t sell because the asking price was too high by $20 to $30 thousand. Finally it was consigned to action where it sold for a fair price, but I was not in the position to buy it.
The only thing about the coin is that’s a rare date. It has no great story surrounding it, like the 1792 half disme. It’s just rare, expensive and unobtainable.
An additional frustration with the 1802 half dime is that there are only 9 decent ones.
Then there are another 27 that are really ugly problem coins, covered in deep scratches, etc.,
that still sell for thousands of dollars.
So in theory, the lower damaged grade versions are available, but are so ugly that most people don't really want to buy one. https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/937249/1802-half-dime-provenance-top-9-specimens
@BillJones said:
The 1802 half dime. I have been fascinated with the early half dimes since I was a YN in the 1960s. I have built a “Red Book” set since the 1970s. The 1802 is the last one, and it’s pretty much out of my reach now.
There was a VG that Northeast Numismatics offered for over a year. It didn’t sell because the asking price was too high by $20 to $30 thousand. Finally it was consigned to action where it sold for a fair price, but I was not in the position to buy it.
The only thing about the coin is that’s a rare date. It has no great story surrounding it, like the 1792 half disme. It’s just rare, expensive and unobtainable.
An additional frustration with the 1802 half dime is that there are only 9 decent ones.
Then there are another 27 that are really ugly problem coins, covered in deep scratches, etc.,
that still sell for thousands of dollars.
So in theory, the lower damaged grade versions are available, but are so ugly that most people don't really want to buy one. https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/937249/1802-half-dime-provenance-top-9-specimens
The only example I considered and could have scratched up the money to buy was disappointing. It was graded VF-30, but had a defect on the reverse that might well have made it a “no graded.” I thought that date prevented from getting the no grade. An 1800 would not have gotten that VF-30. The price was $139,000.
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An additional frustration with the 1802 half dime is that there are only 9 decent ones.
Then there are another 27 that are really ugly problem coins, covered in deep scratches, etc.,
that still sell for thousands of dollars.
So in theory, the lower damaged grade versions are available, but are so ugly that most people don't really want to buy one.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/937249/1802-half-dime-provenance-top-9-specimens
The only example I considered and could have scratched up the money to buy was disappointing. It was graded VF-30, but had a defect on the reverse that might well have made it a “no graded.” I thought that date prevented from getting the no grade. An 1800 would not have gotten that VF-30. The price was $139,000.