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Guess the Grade: 1843 half dime. GRADE REVEALED
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It's in an old, small, white ANACS holder.
What do you think they called it, way back then?
Here's another picture of the reverse, with a different lighting angle.
And our ANACS friends 25 or so years ago said...
I paid 63 money and was delighted to get it for that. There is no trace of rub. The luster is great, and the toning, to me, is pretty special.
...Tom
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AU58?
My last GTG didn't turn out so well but I'll wager 63
Which old Anacs holder? The original gold foil hologram reverse or a later version?
Neat tri-cracked reverse. AU58 if only for the obverse high point "whiteness" which might only be from toning breaks. Field luster looks essentially 80-95%. Another one of those 58/63 coins. Today, it could end up 62/63 after repeated submission(s).
It's a hologram label on the reverse. Black, with two triangles each with ANACS underneath. These vary in color depending on the angle of the light.
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63
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Is that the water weight gain version of Miss Liberty?
58/61, not much luster.
Hard to tell, but I have a feeling there is more luster than the pics show.
Looks like a very nice little coin, and I'm guessing it was conservatively graded.
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cool die cracks
64
The die cracks are cool.
I'll say MS62 because of those
55
Nice coin and photo.
It is an example of what Valentine called V-2 or V-4 (they are the same die marriage).
Valentine's photo of the V-2 shows the rim cud above star 9 on your coin,
and his photo of the V-4 shows the 3 cracks on this shattered reverse.
I recently did a survey of auction appearances for 1843 half dimes back to 2010, and this die marriage
was the one most frequently encountered (23 appearances for this particular combination of die states;
35 for the overall die marriage).
I think the interesting cracks help to make it very popular.
There is also a different shattered reverse for 1843, discussed in this thread:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/909377/just-how-many-different-1843-shattered-reverse-half-dimes-are-there/p1
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I can't get past thinking the obverse has been polished.
63..... well...that is what I think it is.... no idea what it was graded then... Cheers, RickO
62 back in the day?
I'll bet it's a delight in hand.
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Tom, what is the grade?
MS61
50
AU58. There appears to be a rub on her thigh, brow and left hand. Nice shattered reverse! Great coin all around.
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Interesting. The 'guestimates' range from a high of MS-64 all the way down to AU-50, but neither of these extremes can I agree with. I have absolutely no idea what grade our hosts would bestow upon it, but I would grade it AU-55 if it were in my collection. I find the toning to be attractive, and the reverse die cracks to be very interesting [I have written much on the subject of the 1843 V4], but neither of these attributes affect grade. AU-55 in my opinion.
Grade revealed...
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NIce little coin! I find it nearly impossible to assess luster and light wear on toned coins, so I would have guessed a range from 55-63.
60 then, probably 66 under the new modern grading
. Not sure the toning is NT, But it's very pretty
Commems and Early Type
Thought that there might be a rub on the knee which have made it an AU-58+. From the market perspective, MS-60 is okay. A little rub is better than a scratch so far as I'm concerned. Any of these pre-1853 U.S. silver coins are tough in high grade because so many were melted for there silver content.
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53 shot 55
I see what looks like rub.....woulda said 55 shot 58.
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It does look like rub in the picture, I agree. But in hand, there's no trace.
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