New photos of my Capped Bust half dimes
rhedden
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I don't spend much time with Capped Bust half dimes, being more of a Seated fan, but I was able to acquire a neat group of them in 2005 as part of a "complete" collection of half dimes. Most are not up to my usual standards of originality, but the prices were fair, so I acquired them anyway. I have always had trouble imaging these tiny coins, especially when capturing color is necessary. After several hours of frustration, I got the lighting just right to get the following series of images. Hope you enjoy seeing these tiny coins blown up to the size of a billboard.
Here is some interesting information about these coins:
* 1829, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 / inverted 3, and 1837 all came from the same old collection, which was housed in an old brown National Coin album. The coins were untouched in a bank vault since about 1961, so any toning is unquestionably natural album toning. Sadly, many of these coins acquired the bright toning only because they were dipped or cleaned before being put into the album. I didn't pay much for the cleaned/retoned pieces; probably XF greysheet or so. No stickers for these, though some of them are pretty.
* 1831 and the second 1836 pictured came from eBay and both have been dipped and retoned. However, they were also quite cheap for the level of detail they have.
* 1830 came from a small-town coin show. It's got original toning, but "Yuck." I regret buying this one, despite its originality. PCGS would probably call the toning "environmental damage."
* 1833 is the only coin that has been polished and has hairlines under the tone. Unfortunately, it happens to be the one that is an R6 die marriage.
* 1829 is a R5 die marriage and is totally original, so it's probably the star of the group. I may send this to PCGS, as it's AU55 or so and has a little bit of prooflike luster coming through.
Here is some interesting information about these coins:
* 1829, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 / inverted 3, and 1837 all came from the same old collection, which was housed in an old brown National Coin album. The coins were untouched in a bank vault since about 1961, so any toning is unquestionably natural album toning. Sadly, many of these coins acquired the bright toning only because they were dipped or cleaned before being put into the album. I didn't pay much for the cleaned/retoned pieces; probably XF greysheet or so. No stickers for these, though some of them are pretty.
* 1831 and the second 1836 pictured came from eBay and both have been dipped and retoned. However, they were also quite cheap for the level of detail they have.
* 1830 came from a small-town coin show. It's got original toning, but "Yuck." I regret buying this one, despite its originality. PCGS would probably call the toning "environmental damage."
* 1833 is the only coin that has been polished and has hairlines under the tone. Unfortunately, it happens to be the one that is an R6 die marriage.
* 1829 is a R5 die marriage and is totally original, so it's probably the star of the group. I may send this to PCGS, as it's AU55 or so and has a little bit of prooflike luster coming through.
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You're right, it's the ugly duckling of the set. I just can't convince myself to sell it due to its status as an R6 die marriage.
<< <i>1833, easy to get and having a polished one hurts your nice set imho
You're right, it's the ugly duckling of the set. I just can't convince myself to sell it due to its status as an R6 die marriage. >>
better than the 1833 LM-6 that most people own!
Oh my goodness, do not replace the 1833, regardless of your opinion of the appearance. Rhedden is quite correct - it is an example of the LM-6/V8 die marriage, which we listed as an R6 marriage in the latest JRCS half dime census survey. If you do choose to replace it, you should have no problem selling it to an enthusiastic die marriage collector. While it may be the least desirable coin in your set to Realone, it is perhaps the most desirable to a die marriage collector - blemishes and all.
Very nice coins, and a good match to your Liberty Seated set that you have featured here previously.