R7+ Capped Bust Half Dime Found
Barndog
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I announced this earlier today via the JR Newsletter and will share it here now that the word is out to bust coin specialists.
I recently obtained an example of the 1832 LM-9.2 capped bust half dime. VERY FEW of these are known and verified. In fact, verified examples now number three including this find. Word is there may be one or two more out there, but those have not been verified via images or in person inspection.
This was the cherried coin:
I recently obtained an example of the 1832 LM-9.2 capped bust half dime. VERY FEW of these are known and verified. In fact, verified examples now number three including this find. Word is there may be one or two more out there, but those have not been verified via images or in person inspection.
This was the cherried coin:
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So how much is it worth??
<< <i>So how much is it worth?? >>
Probably less than 6-figures
<< <i>Cool find. So what are the diagnostics of this variety? >>
stars 6 and 7 (top two on the viewer's left) are close. On the reverse, the second T in STATES is higher than the E at the top. Also, the top loop of the last S in STATES is filled
congratz and a good deal
very strange it was listed at that price ><
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Thank bdog. Great cherry pick
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Seriously though, GREAT pick!
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
Well done, BD. For a lower grade coin, it appears to have a very nice look to it.
And I must be a total moron- for the life of me I cannot find a completed listing that matches this piece.
<< <i>Well done, BD. For a lower grade coin, it appears to have a very nice look to it.
And I must be a total moron- for the life of me I cannot find a completed listing that matches this piece.
it's there
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@Barndog, as you know, I acquired this from our friend recently. It had been in an NGC G4 details holder and I crossed it to PCGS for my registry set. Same grade. Here's the glamour shot. I know this is an ancient thread but I've been searching back through old posts lately and see that this one was 10 years ago!
New website: Groovycoins.com Capped Bust Half Dime registry set: Bikergeek CBHD LM Set
Every bit as cool now as it was a decade ago.
There is just something about any R7 coin I enjoy regardless of the condition. The idea that only 4-12 people get to experience the pride of ownership is something special.
that remarriage is still a "grail type" piece for any collector who seeks a complete set by die marriage and remarriage.
Hey BD, hey buddy, please educate some of us little people, what the heck am I looking for here?
fka renman95, Sep 2005, 7,000 posts
You can see the markers for the 1832 LM-9.1 and other rare die marriages here:
https://518616078926146539.weebly.com/the-top-25-capped-bust-half-dimes-and-how-to-identify-them.html
The 1832 LM 9.2 is a later die state.
It is a remarriage, after one of the dies had been used for another die pair,
then later got back together with the same dies as in LM 9.1 .
Like Liz Taylor.
I'm curious what all the excitement is about? I bought a H10c from a geologist at a flea market years ago. Had it conserved. The 1829 H10c graded MS62 at NGC. Sold at eBay for half of major auctions. Better tough variety.
"Federal Half Dimes 1792-1837" by Russ Logan and John McCloskey is the best place to start. Basics to identification are in the book, plus as pointed out above, there are various internet sources for images. I don't know the exact dollar figure, but I believe Dave Perkins sold a PCGS AU58 CAC of this remarriage for about 30 thousand dollars. That should give you an idea of how scarce it is. The coin he sold is the finest known by far. Most other of the handful known are low grade and/or problematic.