1792 Half Disme tonight

messydesk

Internet biddng ended at $750,000 last night. Where will it close tonight?

northcoin

Link please if you are going to tease.

messydesk

Lot 1860 - 1792 Half Disme PCGS SP67

Barndog

sold for $1.322 million!

the VG example sold for $69K and the holed example for $15K

Wow!

messydesk

Wow. Total with juice for the same coin in the Starr sale was about $95,000. Looking through the description of the coin and list of known specimens with pedigrees, it would seem that the Judd specimen, which the cataloger says Judd alleges to be the Rittenhouse specimen (!) could eclipse this coin. The Starr coin is described as an early strike, but showing fine die cracks and therefore not the first strike. When it was sold in the Starr sale, it was cataloged by Stack's as "Choice BU, possible specimen." The Judd coin sold in 1985, also by Stack's, as a "Gem BU," also and is apparently not yet in plastic (?). Not having seen the coin, it sounds like the potential is there for it to be even nicer than this one, be an earlier strike, and have one hell of a pedigree.

northcoin

Was the holed example sold in the same sale? If so would welcome links to it and the VG referenced. (By the way thanks for the Link above.)

northcoin

Has there been an effort to catalogue all half dismes like has been done for the starr reverse cents? I have a specimin that I would be curious as it its history.

Cladiator

<< <i>sold for $1.322 million! >>

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that may be the highest hammer price for any US half dime ever.

RYK

Well, it looks like I won't be getting one of those anytime soon, certainly not in this market cycle.

FatMan

Darn it...under bidder once again.

JRocco

Glad I didn't embarass myself with a bid of only a fraction of that hammer price.

Cladiator

<< <i>Well, it looks like I won't be getting one of those anytime soon, certainly not in this market cycle. >>

This is the undisputed king of half dimes followed by the 1870S and then the 1802, you're not the only one that won't ever own one

BillJones

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<< <i>Well, it looks like I won't be getting one of those anytime soon, certainly not in this market cycle. >>

This is the undisputed king of half dimes followed by the 1870S and then the 1802, you're not the only one that won't ever own one >>



Historically that has not been the case. The 1802 almost always sells for more than the 1792 half disme in the same grade. There are something like 45, 1802 half dimes in all grades. In contrast the total population of the 1792 is a bit over 300 pieces. But there are no known examples of the 1802 in Mint State, so you can't compare those.

chabot510

the 1792 sp67 H10c sold to an internet bidder. the 1802 sold to another internet bidder. the underbidder for the sp 67 was on the floor. the holed example sold to a buyer on the floor as well for around $14-15K. i don't remember about the vg one.

Cladiator

Quite a day for the half dime world

rsdoug81

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