Half Dime type set with flowing, draped, capped, seated

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Baley
Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
the 1803 is new to the collection.. what do you think?

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  • melvin289
    melvin289 Posts: 3,019
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    Baley, personally I think you have a very nice little set of Half Dimes there. Where are you going with the group from here?

    Ron
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  • NewRose
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    Very nice collection of half dimes.
    Are you creating a type set of half dimes? Will you expand your set?

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  • Gemini
    Gemini Posts: 3,085
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    A very nice looking display of a denomination that thankfully I never saw in circulation. image
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
  • Barndog
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    I like it. I guess you are just looking for the right 1792 now? image
  • Baley
    Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thanks guys, the coins are housed in an old blue whitman type set album (will post pics as time permits). Thankfully, no space for the 1792 half disme (doesn't mean i wouldn't like one SOMEday). For now, done with this denomination, have a couple more holes to fill (1793 half cent, wreath cent, chain cent, 1796 dime, quarter, and half) and then maybe it will be Upgrade Time for the Little Half Dimes image

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  • rhedden
    rhedden Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Any set of half dimes is a good set.image
  • TomB
    TomB Posts: 23,189 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Those early half dimes are tough little coins, especially the Draped Bust Small Eagle coin.
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  • mojorizn
    mojorizn Posts: 1,380
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    Baley-

    What a great looking group! I love the small eagle Bust, even with the hole.
    Thanks for letting me use your pic in my blog post. It'll be up tomorrow.

    Mojo
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  • MorganChicken
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    Nice set of coins! I like the 1803. The Seateds are really cool, especially the 1848.
    Currently collecting Morgan Dollars and Seated Liberty Halves
  • HoledandCreative
    HoledandCreative Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like your 97. Hope you can upgrade it soon so that it might be for sale.
  • Baley
    Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here's the newp, searched a long long, time to find an example of the Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle 1800-1805 type with A) most of the detail at least outlined and hopefully some interior details, B) decent surfaces without major disfiguration of main devices or hideous cleaning, D) no major bend or rim problem, and E) under a thousand dollars... finally found one on the fourth of July in Rich Uhrich's inventory, fit the bill very nicely, with these tough tough coins you have to make some kind of sacrifice to collect them on a budget... usually a sacrifice involving one of the above characteristics... in this case, the sacrifice is most of the stars on the left obv, probably very weak as struck and then worn away with moderate to significant circulation (some part of these coins usually are missing, the most common missing elements are the stars and clouds to the upper right of eagle's head, opposite the lower bust of Liberty from the obv.)... in this case, possibly, slightly misaligned dies caused those stars and clouds to be relatively strong, at the expense, in metal flow, of the stars and the 'L' in Liberty. Also on the plus side is a lot of eye and profile and ear and hair detail on miss Liberty, for the grade, the nice reverse eagle feathers, all 13 stars discernable in hand, and almost the full legend and dentils around the rims, with great shield detail and a few bonus letters in the motto on ribbon, again.......... tough to find in the VG grade level..

    Well, I hate to upstage mister Jones's DBHE half dime NEWP ( image ) but here is my new pride n joy:

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    edited to add, note this is the large 8 variety, the 8 in the date made by joining two small circular punches. The small 8 variety has a narrow 8 made by hand graving the numeral into the working die

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  • BillJones
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    Hi Baley,

    I think that you could up grade the Flowing Hair piece some day. Believe it or not the 1795 half dime is the most common date in the series. That tells you something about how tough these little coins are.
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  • seateddime
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    very nice set you have there.
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  • JRocco
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    Always a treat to see your type sets Baley
    Don't forget to keep treating us every now and then.
    Early half dimes sure are tough to find.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • Baley
    Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The 1795 is definitely a candidate for an upgrade someday!

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    This is a coin that saw heavy circulation and somehow made it into collectors hands instead of being lost, destroyed, or melted. I have been willing to fill a hole with a less than perfect coin rather than doing without in the meantime, while waiting for the opportunity to upgrade someday. All of these pieces have been compromises of one sort or another.

    the 1835 I've had for over 30 years, was the first capped bust coin I ever bought, got it from the San Jose Coin Shop at age 12.

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  • Baley
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    it was called... San Jose Coin Shop, was located at 642 Town & Country Village, SJ, CA 95128. My dad would take me there on many Saturdays from age 9-13.

    the shop was run by a woman (Celia? CeeCee?) and her son and second husband, I forget their names but would recognize them if reminded. You know?

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  • Baley
    Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Realone said:
    My local dealer up here in OR had two shops in San Jose int he 60's & 70's, his name is Mike cotta.

    Do you remember the coin shop names? Hit every coin store in San Jose at least once between 1976 and 1982, some knew me..
    The experience of trying to find any draped bust, much less any decent , affordable ones, led to my eventual specialization in pre-1808 UStype coins

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  • Baley
    Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Baley said:
    it was called... San Jose Coin Shop, was located at 642 Town & Country Village, SJ, CA 95128. My dad would take me there on many Saturdays from age 9-13.

    the shop was run by a woman (Celia? CeeCee?) and her son and second husband, I forget their names but would recognize them if reminded. You know?

    Oh, it came to me, Don was the son I think, and I wanna say Skip for his stepdad, who i believe was either the same age or younger 😆

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  • HoledandCreative
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    Very nice!

  • ms70
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    Love it!

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