Half Dime... Post if you have one!!

pinealbany

eyoung429

Cladiator

Cool thread idea. I think I've got one or two of those little buggers around here...

Cladiator

eyoung, that one is quite a looker. Mind telling us why PCGS deemed it not worthy of the plastic tomb?

MrHalfDime

Unfortunately, I do not have the wherewithal to photograph my half dimes, or to post them here, but I do have a few. I can tell you, however, that you have a nice example of the 1830 LM-3/V8, an R2 die marriage. Many collectors merely collect them by date or by die marriage, but I like to collect them also by die state. Had you noticed the obverse die crack from the rim, through star 1 (lowest left star) and toward the bust? That makes this example a slightly later die state. The very early die states (VEDS), without the obverse die crack, is much scarcer.

I have six examples of this die marriage, five in the same relative die state as your example, and one in the VEDS. My finest is AU-55. I also have an interesting example with a planchet lamination on the reverse, from S2 (second S of STATES), across top of scroll, to R1 of AMERICA.

Your coin apparently has suffered a cleaning in the past, but that does not take away from its historical significance, its artistic beauty, nor its coolness factor.

MrSpud

Tyler1924S

Baley

Here's one of my all-time favorite coins, even if not perfect

MrHalfDime

"Here's one of my all-time favorite coins, even if not perfect"

Easy to see why. The 1797 LM-4/V1 13 stars half dime is one of the most desirable and scarcest half dimes in the Draped Bust series. It is an R6 - the 1802 is only an R5.

123cents

SilverEagles92

eyoung429

Questionable color



this one is going back with another half dime that is colored almost identically.

Oldnewbie

This one has luster, it's just a crappy pic......

Flatwoods

richardshipp

ldhair

Flatwoods

Very nice, Idhair. I like it.

sparky64

Sae crappy pics of my entire half dime collection.

richardshipp

too bad about the scratches on this one as it is a fairly rare die marriage I think...

richardshipp

Here's another I own that... well, let's just say it's seen better days, but it is an even more rare die marriage.

Raybo

Great! Half Dime Monday!








Ray

NHSBaseball

1833 LM-9

NHSBaseball

1832 LM-4- Early Die State



Thanks for the thread, pinealbany!

NHSBaseball

<< <i>too bad about the scratches on this one as it is a fairly rare die marriage I think...

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Cool R-4 LM-2, Richard!

NHSBaseball

<< <i>Here's another I own that... well, let's just say it's seen better days, but it is an even more rare die marriage.

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Is that an LM-6.3 or an LM-8, RS? I can't tell from the obverse, but it looks like reverse E after the top loop of S2 fills...

lcoopie

thisnamztaken

1851-O Raw

Bochiman

How about the one I bought from Mark Goodman a few years ago?
It currently resides in my son's, and my, Dansco 7070

thisnamztaken

1836 Small 5C LM-5 NGC VF-30 Ex- Jules Reiver

richardshipp

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<< <i>Here's another I own that... well, let's just say it's seen better days, but it is an even more rare die marriage.

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Is that an LM-6.3 or an LM-8, RS? I can't tell from the obverse, but it looks like reverse E after the top loop of S2 fills... >>




This one is actually an LM-6.3. From the Mark Smith collection.

fishteeth

SMK

thisnamztaken

Nice coins, everyone!

NHSBaseball

LM-5