Bust half dime and half dollar - Grade and "real" value opinions

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• TahoeDale Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭

  November 28, 2005 10:58AM

  Jason,
  
  They both appear to be EF 40 to 45 quality. The hit on the obverse of the half dime is a small detriment, but the value for both will be in the $80 to 120 range.
  
  Keep buying early and capped bust coinage. Great demand!

  TahoeDale

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• Cladiator Posts: 18,254 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 28, 2005 11:02AM

  I'd put the half dime at a 45 and the half dollar at a 40.

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• Craton Posts: 2,670

  November 28, 2005 11:10AM

  ON the half dollar, is there any significance to the die clash on the obverse? From her neck to out in front of her chin there is a clash from the reverse eagles wing.

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• Barndog Posts: 20,515 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 28, 2005 11:29AM

  The 1833 Half Dime is a common die marriage: LM-7 (or Valentine-5). Logan and McCloskey rated it as a rarity level 2. The distinguishing characteristics for this coin make it an easy attribution: the 8 and 3 in the date are much closer at the top; and the T in UNITED is below the I. I'd net grade the coin to VF-35 due to the damage (obverse cheek, reverse scroll, and left obverse field). The eagle's feathers are just a bit flat for me to grade the coin higher. The coin otherwise has excellent detail to the stars and arrowheads, while also featuring really clean fields. The gunk on the reverse looks like it could be removed with some care.
  
  I just purchased an AU-50 example of this die marriage a week or so ago at a coin show.

  JR Newsletter Online Edition

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• Nysoto Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 28, 2005 2:53PM

  The bust half dollar is 1834 O.112 R.3, small date, small letters, a later die state but not terminal. Star 7 looks like a daisy. Overton says "Mouth is open and the upper lip has a sharp curl, might be called a hairlip. Late states show little milling and stars drawn to edge." Lapping of the die on the reverse in late states removed evidence of recutting at 0 in 50 C. Clashing is common on these coins.
  
  Looks to be EF 40, the blunt rims from lapping and die wear makes the coin look more worn than it really is. The value is somewhere around $100, more or less, depending on how it is sold.

  Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver

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