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Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • stealerstealer Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭✭
    I see you went back for Round 2. Why can't my local dealers stock nice raw pieces. Congrats image
  • LogPotatoLogPotato Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice pickups. I'm partial to the 39 and the 40. image


    By the way, they aren't nickels!
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice pickups. I'm partial to the 39 and the 40. image


    By the way, they aren't nickels! >>

    I better take them back for a refund, I did get one I'll post it later.image


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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the '39.

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  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    Type 2 has posted some very attractive and interesting half dimes. I’m a little surprised there weren’t more comments about them. It appears that, yes, there are some nice raw coins still available, but that’s a discussion from another thread.

    Because of the paucity of comprehensive reference literature on the Liberty Seated half dimes, it is sometimes difficult, often impossible, to attribute some half dimes, particularly for the later, post Civil War dates. But for many others, attribution can often be determined with just a little examination. Unfortunately, Type 2’s 1871 half dime is one of those that cannot be positively attributed to any known die marriage, simply because the descriptions in the Valentine reference are so vague and ambiguous, and because Valentine does not plate any reverse dies for the 1871 date. It is an extremely attractive coin, exhibiting strong obverse clash marks. In the date, the 1 and 8 are close, and the 7 and last 1 are close, hinting at V1. Also, the top of the D in UNITED is broken, a hub defect affecting many working dies, which eliminates only the V3 die marriage. But few other attributes are available to allow positive attribution, so we must simply enjoy the coin for what it is, without ever knowing what number to put on it.

    The 1839 and 1840 half dimes are my favorites of the coins posted by the OP, certainly not because they are higher grade than the others, but because they are interesting early dates. The 1839 Liberty Seated half dime, with a mintage of over one million coins (1,069,150) is surprisingly represented by just two known die marriages, and this number has held throughout the study of this issue. This would imply that the two die pairs each struck a half million coins, which stretches plausibility, but no other die marriages have ever been reported for the date. The OP’s coin is an example of Valentine’s V1, with no repunching of the 9 in the date (as on V2) and star 11 is repunched. The 1839 V1 is quite common.

    The 1840 No Drapery half dime is represented by six (6) die marriages, as identified by Daniel Valentine. From the obverse, we can see that the shield point (SP) is over the left side of the 8, reducing the possibilities to V1, V4, or V6. The 1 in the date is centered over a space between dentils, star 2 and star 3 are close, and star 8 is repunched, making the OP’s coin an example of the V4. The 1840 V4 is also readily available.

    The OP’s 1866-S half dime is an example of a misplaced date (MPD). However, before he can think of things like early retirement and college education for all of the kids, one must realize that there is but one die marriage for all 1866-S half dimes, Valentine’s V1, and all examples of this date are from the very same die pair. If we look closely at the obverse die, immediately to the left of the bulla, or skirt pendant, we can see what might look like a fold in the skirt, but is actually the lower loop of a misplaced 6. This variety has been well documented, and is as available as any coin with a mintage of just 120,000 coins, but is quite interesting as a MPD.

    Great coins, nice grades, and apparently original surfaces. I wish I had been to that show myself. image
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,060 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love the '39 and '40.
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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275
    I did see this the first go around and loved each of the pieces.

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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice.
    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the 1840 the best. Nonetheless, I never bought a high grade specimen of this date because the prices are driven up by Type collectors who want a No Drapery issue. I never felt it was a good buy in the upper grades. So I have an F12 coin, whereas my much scarcer 1840 ND is a PCGS AU58, and that makes no sense, but I'm fine with it.


  • sniocsusniocsu Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭
    Wow Type2, from the same place you got the nickels from your previous post?
  • StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭
    "bulla"

    I learned a new word today. Thank you, MrHalfDime. image



    Beautiful coins, Type2! You get a ThumbsUp, as well. image
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you all and nice info MrHalfDime Thanks. image


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  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, that '71 looks MS.
    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That '71 looks like a severe clash, or is it in the plastic.

    Nice pickups.
    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    "That '71 looks like a severe clash, or is it in the plastic."

    The obverse is definitely clashed, in front of Miss Liberty's knee and drapery fold, and below the U of UNITED. Some other lines seen may be in the plastic, but the obverse of this coin is severely clashed.
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin

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