Half dime attribution

WACoinGuy

I just picked up this 1830 half dime for my type set. Can anyone out there help me attribute it?

JrGMan2004

LM-9.1, R.4

A great looking coin And a neat story to that reverse. The 1831 LM-1.1 was struck using this reverse. Then, 1830 LM-9.1 was struck after that! Then it went back to 1831 LM-1.2, then back to 1830 LM-9.2... and then back again!! to 1831 LM-1.3!

Here's my 1831 LM-1.1... you can see how the die state of your reverse, is later than mine

WACoinGuy

Hey, that's a pretty cool story about the reverse -- and pretty neat that I scored an R-4 without even knowing it!

JrGMan2004

I know Jeremy has an 1831 LM-1.3 in his 7070... I don't know where the pics are on his web site... so I can't post them... maybe he'll see this and post his pics though

airplanenut

As and ye shall receive

JrGMan2004

Thanks Jeremy

Look at the Loops of S1 and S2, also you can see the nice retained cud on Jeremy's coin... but compare the little details between Mine, WACoinGuys, and Jeremys

JrGMan2004

ttt to continue the Half-Dime Day

MrHalfDime

To follow up on what George said yesterday about the reverse die used in this marriage, (and just because it is half dime day), I will offer some additional insight on this die marriage. A couple of years ago I made a display to exhibit (unofficially/ non-competitively) at a FUN Show which explained "What is a Remarriage?". In the display, I had nice AU+ examples of all of the (5) die marriages involved in this remarriage, which I discovered in 1994. The display showed the five coins, reverse up, all with the same reverse die. The coins were arranged in their 'emmission sequence' order, or the order in which they were struck, as evidenced by the progressive die deterioration. You could then flip over the five coins to see the obverse dies used. In order, they were 1831, 1830, 1831, 1830, 1831!! And to make matters even more interesting, there were just two obverse dies used - the obverses from the 1831 LM-1 and the 1830 LM-9. The remarriage sequence went:

1831 LM-1.1, 1830 LM-9.1, 1831 LM-1.2, 1830 LM-9.2 1831 LM-1.3.

I threw in an example of the latest die state (1831 LM-1.3/V6d) at the end just for kicks. For those interested in how these coins were struck, and things like emission sequences, it was very a interesting display. Unfortunately, I took apart the display, although I still have the coins.

JrGMan2004

Wish I could have seen that display, Steve