'34 Half Dime

JrGMan2004

Opinions? May be the start of a new obsession...




Oops... edited for stupidity!

kieferscoins

Nice! VF-30?

Cameron Kiefer

airplanenut

That would be 1834

Man, I need one of those... that looks just like that!

Jeremy

XpipedreamR

Isn't a half dime just a glorified silver nickel with attitude?

toyonakataro

Very nice looking 84' I like half dimes.

lathmach

You had me going there for a minute with the '84 half dime business, as they were last minted in 1873.
Your coin is Valentine 1, a rarity 1 coin.

Ray

JohnZ

I love the charming bust half dimes.

Here's one of mine. The toning is much brighter than the scan allows.

JrGMan2004

lathmach: So then there is an expert who has studied bust half-dimes? A Book?

And it was graded VF30 by Bill Jones...

lathmach

Daniel Valentine published "The United States Half Dimes" in 1931.
It's outdated.
If you have an interest in these Bust Half Dimes, you should buy "Federal Half Dimes 1792-1837", by Russ Logan and John McCloskey. (Russ died a while ago)
It was published by the John Reich Collectors Society, PO Box 400, Manchester Mi 48158.
By the way, 1834 Valentine 5 had the 3 punched in backwards, then corrected.
When I first saw your thread I thought this was what you might be going to show. It's a common variety.

Ray

JrGMan2004

Thx Ray! I shall have to invest in the book!

JrGMan2004

Any one have other Bust Half Dimes they want to post? I'd be interested in seeing more examples!

boiler78

indianabyron

I have a very well worn 1835 blue toned. Not nice gems like everybody else has.


Byron

JrGMan2004

Personally... I'm not lookin for nice gems... besides being outside my price range, I just don't like MS Capped Bust Half-Dimes... I like circulated grey coins like the one I posted... I'd be perfectly content with a Date set in VF30, all with toning like the one I already have...

lordmarcovan

Nice one. Looks VF to me.

JrGMan2004

VF30

kieferscoins

I was right

Cameron Kiefer

JrGMan2004

I just Searched EBay for VF30, nice color, no problem CB Half-Dimes... guess how many I actually found...

ealandg

I like it. These coins are so pretty. I just got one recently, but I can't get the frickin' camera to take a decent picture of it.

BigD5

<< <i>Isn't a half dime just a glorified silver nickel with attitude?



>>



Yeah, positive attitude.

First, if you are buying from Bill Jones, you have made a GREAT choice in who to buy from.

I bet that coin would slab xf at a service. There is still PLENTY of detail left on that coin.

Congratulations!

Donovan

Very nice. I love original silver coins. I'd say vf-30

JrGMan2004

Bill is a top-notch dealer!!! Friendly, courteous... one of the best dealers I've met with... already asked Bill to keep his eye out for similar CB Half-Dimes! But it's so hard to find original coins with such nice color... I sifted through 8 pages of Seated Libs lookin at the CBs... 0 VFs in slabs, 2 or 3 XFs in SEGS slabs, the rest that were in the Top 3, were all AUs and MS coins, all out of my price range, and not the look I'm going for. And none of the raw coins were problem-free with good color.

ealandg

I managed to find the pics from the listing. I think I also feel the lure of a new addiction...

Casey

Very nice half dime!

paul43438

very nice, I myself like half dimes. only need 18 more of the seated type to complete the set. And just today I got the 1859-O that completes that mint for me, 21 coins.
Here's an 1829 LM - 17,

and the other side

ealandg

Yup. I like it.

Baley

I like the little half dimes! Your new coin looks choice VF to EF and very original.

here are a few HDs





the 1829 has unc details but was lightly cleaned and nets 55 or so, light retoning starting both sides

I have an 1835 in VF+ like yours in the Whitman set and these loose ones, these are the seated type but all of these coins are difficult for me to handle becasue they are so small but I marvel at the detail

dorkkarl

for me, it would be vf-20, but a very, very CHOICE vf-20. i would value it between vf & xf $. horrendously underrated series, i encourage you to pursue it.

K S

sumnom

The bust half dimes are a great series. I especially like them because even on my budget, I can some nice looking ones. Congrats on a nice find.

JrGMan2004

Yeah, I plan on going after this series, abandoning my Merc Short Set for the time being... the CB Half-Dimes have captured my attention... and it's also a stable market, and even a little undervalued... I can complete the set in VF/XF for under $100 a piece... it may not be an expensive set, and it may not be a long set... but it will be pretty difficult, finding nice original, unmessed around with, problem free coins like this will be hard!!! I may eventually send them on to PCGS, and start a Registry Set... very little compeition! But I don't know if I want to send my friends away for 3 months at a time... and I don't think I want to spend the $30 a coin for 30-day submission...

EvilMCT

Nice coin. I think you'll certainly have a difficult time finding original coins, but the chase is half the fun. Enjoy!

Ken

JrGMan2004

Thx Evil... and you are quite right, it will be difficult, especially since pretty much everything will have to be bought raw... I don't have the PCGS Pop-Reports... but the NGC pops are very low in the VF range...

dorkkarl

the good news is, of all the bust series, half-dimes are the least-often cleaned/doctored.

K S

coinlieutenant

I like it. Original and nice...

PutTogether

I one time had fun just completing the set of 4 1835 Half Dimes. The large date large 5, large date small 5, small date large 5, and small date small five.

Just broke up the set and sold one a couple weeks ago.

Gandyjai

<< I just Searched EBay for VF30, nice color, no problem CB Half-Dimes... guess how many I actually found>>
I see there is a nice color, no problem CB 1829 Half Dime in an ANACS graded AU55 offered with no reserve!

Gandyjai

Merc

Hey George,
Looks like everyone agrees with the grade. They got it right -a VF30.

Pop reports won't tell you much here. Most circulated bust coinage is not slabbed.

JrGMan2004

Yeah... I know Curt... thx Gandyjai, I saw it... it's alright, but will probally end out of my price range... plus I want to get the Logan/McColskey book before any more purchases. $70 at DLRC... and I've got a certain look I'm looking for... already found 1 that matches the description Already got it too... hahaha! Gandyjai was there to see me get it, also saw that Flowing Hair Half-Dime... mmm, I'm still having dreams about that one!!!

matteproof

Nice 1834 half dime Grgman. Looks like a vf25/20 to me. Half Dimes are THE Series for the advanced numismatist. Good luck with your set. matteproof

berylcoin

Sweet little coin. It's exactly what I was looking for when I found this 1835 PCGS VF35 on eBay. Yours appears to have a little more actual wear from circulation, whereas mine seems to be weakly struck on the obverse.



Larger Images: Obverse, Reverse.

BC

JrGMan2004

Yours appears to be a bit lighter and more olivey colored than what I'm looking for... but still a pretty nice example... and the pops for VF/XF coins is quite low...

ealandg

I like it. Of course, there hasn't been one posted here that I don't like...

lordmarcovan

Here's mine. It's a "holey" but not on my Holey Coin Vest. It's the only one in my detector find album.

Not as nice as the others here, but the price was right.

JrGMan2004

I saw a couple holed VG-F ones on EBay...