My new purchase ... Half Dime

CoinAddict

I just purchased this 1856 half dime on eBay and wanted to get some comments about the price I paid and if I were to send it in to be graded what do you think it would grade. I really liked the coin so whatever you say will not be held against you because I know it is just your opinion. 1856 Half Dime

goose3

I really like that!!!!! Darn nice looking coin!
would look really nice in my son's Danso!

LanLord

Cool half dime, looks like a good price too.

Casey

I know nothing about half dimes, but for that price I would have bought two! Looks nice.

anoldgoat

Don't know jack about this series but she sure is purrty.

fcloud

Nice 1/2 dime.

sinin1

The obverse sure looks close to XF, the reverse either a weaker strike or more wear.

Why would you want this in a slab? Not worth sending anything more than economy and definitely not by itself.

I would save the money spent putting into a slab, and spend it buying another coin like the one you got!

itsnotjustme

Nice XF. Good price.

rays

Nice color; at less than $20, how can you lose?

toyonakataro

Very nice looking half dime.....I like it.
But, as sinin1 wrote, I would save the grading fee to buy another coin.

michael

from the scan and i would need to see this coin in person to make sure but

it looks like the classic album toned coin with

wonderful clean undipped fully original surfaces with great eye appeal and a really super nice vf coin vf 35 maybe xf 40 but if you think about it most all xf 40 pcgs/ngc coins are just really nice vf coins

usually real xf coins in ngc/pcgs holders usually have to be xf45

again for the above comments i need to see a coin sight seen to be 100% sure as there are always exceptions to the rules!

sincerely michael a really neat nice little half sister

darktone

xf40- that's a neat little coin. mike

Trime

Coinaddict,
You have a very nice HD. I agree that his coin is in the grade rangeof 35-40 but original example of a common date LSHD. I really like to see someone collecting an honest coin at a reasonable price. Now for fun, study your coin. There are at least 8 variaties with 31 pairs of dies used in this year. There are differences in the top of the 5, loop of the 6, location of the date relative to the pendant and shield point. double date,strikes, and perhaps repunched date. References: Breen; Valentine; Blythe;Gobrecht Journals. For me, this is what makes this hobby fun and interesting. You can as much pleasure from studying affordable coins as collecting expensive slabbed gems.
If you elect to (or have already done it) study the coin, let me know what you find.

CoinAddict

Trime I do not have any of the reference books that you listed but maybe I can find a website on the internet that tells about the different variaties that you mentioned. If anyone knows where I might be able to find any of this information will you please add links or some examples to look for.
Thanks in Advance
Kyle

lathmach

A nice original coin properly described by the seller.


Ray

ms70

My guess is XF45. Nice HD!

Ronyahski

Looks like a very nice original coin that has picked up some album toning. And thanks to Trime for sharing some interesting info.