New Camera and a New Bust Half-Dime; Sorry Dial-uppers :S

JrGMan2004

Ack! I keep hitting enter too soon

Anyways, I got a new camera, actually it's a used camera, but it's a Nikkon 4300 that I got from Eric (K6AZ) It's been fun so far, just taken a few pics, and making adjustments... going from using an Entry Level FujiFilm A205 2.0MP to a Mid-Level 4MP camera So, anyways, here's a picture of a new Bust Half-Dime I picked up... I realize there's damage, but I encourage you peoples to attribute it and grade it, and see if it was worth the purchase, considering the damage

Purple73

I just had to click it and post for fun LOL

Purple

ksteelheader

JrGMan2004

<< <i>I just had to click it and post for fun LOL

Purple >>

Tonelover

LM-1.2?

mgoodm3

Nice pics. Have you attributed it yet?

JrGMan2004

<< <i>Nice pics. Have you attributed it yet? >>

I have... but letting other's attribute it to... and see if it worth buying, considering the damage on the rim at 10 o'clock on the Obverse, and the solder damage on the reverse

JrGMan2004

<< <i>LM-1.2? >>

Check your die state again...

Tonelover

Check the die state yourself, I can't do all your work for you.

ksteelheader

<< <i>Check the die state yourself, I can't do all your work for you. >>

ss350camaro

<< <i>I got a new camera, actually it's a used camera, but it's a Nikkon 4300 that I got from Eric (K6AZ) >>







edited out............... nevermind





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Nice pic George

JrGMan2004

Huh? Anyways... No-H Jon is close, but not quite... it's actually an LM-1.1. The Reverse Die state is too early to be LM-1.2... but, LM-1.1 is an R.1 die marriage, but Logan and McCloskey called it an 'Exceedingly Rare Remarriage' So, I think it was worth buying, even the damage considered

longtimecollector

looks like it was a button or tie-pin

JrGMan2004

<< <i>looks like it was a button or tie-pin >>

But... I'm willing to overlook it, because of the rarity

JrGMan2004

ttt for the day crew

coinguy89

Cool remarriage man. Nicely done. See damage isn't such a bad thing, unless im buying it.

cosmicdebris

Nice images. One thing may help compress your JPEGS alittle your images are 241K This one is 49K.

JrGMan2004

I will next time

JadeRareCoin

Yes, GMan is right: it is LM-1.1. The die marriage is very common, the the remarriage is impossible (well, not impossible, but tough) to find. If you look in the LM book, the plate coin is an early die state. 1831 LM-1.1 is the first use of reverse L. The reverse die was then used to strike 1830 LM-9.1 (yes an 1830 coin). After a small mintage of 1830 LM-9.1, the reverse die was reunited with 1830 obverse 1 to make more 1831 LM-1.1 half dimes. This remarriage is listed as "exceedingly rare" by Logan-McCloskey. This reverse die was then used to strike some other die marriages (both 1830 and 1831 coins). Really very interesting usage of the dies, don't you think?

Nice score George!!

JrGMan2004

Just recieved an E-Mail from John McCloskey regarding the coin. He said that when he and Russ Logan sat down to catalog the coins (And they had 5 collections worth of Half-Dimes) they identified each reverse, and laid them out in emission order, to verify marriages and remarriages, and even then LM-1.1 was the toughest for them to find. He said even his example of the coin is a low-grade one.

Merc

It is a coin only a bust half dime collector could love You have to be really into bust half dimes to be interested in the die marriages. Most will only see a damaged little coin. Strong VF details.

Barndog

An excellent educational thread on bust half dimes, with much of the information coming from Dennis, now known as "numisma" on these boards

JrGMan2004

<< <i>An excellent educational thread on bust half dimes, with much of the information coming from Dennis, now known as "numisma" on these boards >>