First capped bust half dime.
ahooka454
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My first capped bust half dime purchase. Its in an old holder form anacs. I wonder what lm# it may be...
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rarity? value?
Dave
Dave
-Randy Newman
This die was used 13 differant times:
Seven times for 1832 die marriages/remarriages.
Six times for 1833 die marriages/remarriages.
By following at which times this die was used, in conjuction with the obverse die is was paired with, there is evidence that many 1833 dated half dimes were actually struck before some 1832 dated half dimes.
Picture is kinda hard to tell, but I believe it shows little evidence of the 'IB', however it does show the 'U' in the reverse scroll to lead me to believe that this is perhaps not an LM 8.1 but rather the LM 8.3
One of the other half dime nuts, will be on sometime soon and will hopefully be able to verify.
Regards
Ron
As per Logan McCloskey, he lists all five LM-8 marraiges (LM-8.1 - LM-8.5) as an R-3
$200 is ok with me. i paid less than half that.
Was this a good first capped bust half dime to pick up? not attributed and such...
-Randy Newman
Your coin appears to have a weak strike. I say this because of the apparent "wear difference" between the left wing and the right wing. When one wing appears mostly unworn (like the right wing on your example...right refers to the viewer's right, per the Logan-McCloskey text) and the other appears worn like the left wing on your coin, typically the effect is not due solely to wear. Instead, it is more likely a strike issue. Normally, on a VF-35 coin, I like to see more detail in the eagle's leg feathers and on the obverse stars and hair, but I think ANACS properly identified strike issues on this coin to assign the choice VF grade.
As an example, I just had a coin come back from PCGS graded as XF-45. Luster and well-struck areas of the coin were key to assigning that grade. Here is the reverse of the XF-45 (obvious "issues" with the strike!):
You have a very nice example of a half dime that fits your stated collecting goals
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What he said.
Adam
New capped Bust Half Dime Nut.
<< <i>Wow, that the reason I like these. So much information and history in such a small coin. I am glad I picked it up, and for what i think may be a good price. Yhanks for all the help and all the info is more than appreciated. Thanks again.
Adam
New capped Bust Half Dime Nut. >>
did you send in your JRCS membership yet? We'll be doing a half dime census in the Spring!