I have half dime 1842-o AU need help

Quarter1822 · February 13, 2012 10:53AM

Hi All cu,
I need help I have half dime 1842-o and I think pretty AU even MS? If you know about collector half dime for serious business. I will send you and grade if approved AU or MS? let me know
that half dime 1842-o come from my grandpa give me I put safebox bank since 1969 and recently I pull out first time last week.
Thanks

coindeuce · February 13, 2012 11:10AM

I need help interpreting your post. Are you seeking help with confirmation of a grade? If so, find a way to add pictures of your coin to this thread, and you will receive many subjective opinions. Would you seriously risk sending a valuable coin to an unknown party without any precautions?

Quarter1822 · February 13, 2012 11:19AM

I not have picture zoom.

coindeuce · February 13, 2012 11:36AM

<< <i>I not have picture zoom. >>

And you have no acquaintances with a basic digital camera? Are you in a remote 3rd world location? Your response also did not acknowledge my secondary question.

Moldnut · February 13, 2012 11:41AM

If you are in the states you should take it to a local show and ask a few dealers what they think.

LanceNewmanOCC · February 13, 2012 11:44AM

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<< <i>I not have picture zoom. >>

And you have no acquaintances with a basic digital camera? Are you in a remote 3rd world location? Your response also did not acknowledge my secondary question. >>

honestly when i see illiteracy like that and/or very similar it is my first presumption and/or a recent immigrant or just posting from abroad

not to be negative in any way but i know when i see certain speech patterns the person is usually, not as comfortable with our ways so to speak

thusly requiring a great deal of assistance to accomplish some simple tasks
.

coindeuce · February 13, 2012 11:44AM

I'll concur with Moldnut. You can also find dealers in Michigan with proper credibility and a store to take the coin to for an opinion. What is your objective? Insurance for replacement value, or preparing to sell?

Note to LanceNewmanOCC - according to the OP's profile, he is a domestic resident, and by the remarks in the OP, he has been a resident for over 40 years here.

ebaybuyer · February 13, 2012 11:55AM

im in michigan, if you are somewhat close i'll take a look at it, seated coins just happen to be my specialty

gecko109 · February 13, 2012 12:00PM

Bongo, is that you???

MrHalfDime · February 16, 2012 4:59AM

The OP apparently disappeared shortly after posting his original question, and what he did post may be valid, or may be a hoax. However, an 1842-O half dime (if it really is) is certainly a better coin, and an AU example of that date (if it really is) places it in the upper ranges of the condition census for that date. Prior to Dr. Stuart Levine assembling his fabulous collection of Liberty Seated half dimes, with the able assistance of Kam Ahwash, there were no known mint state examples of the 1842-O half dime, and Dr. Levine had great difficulty locating an example; he finally located a nice MS example in an antique shop in Switzerland! In the 2005 Liberty Seated Collectors Club half dime census survey, there were just three (3) examples reported in mint state, five (5) in AU grade, and ten (10) in EF grade. It would be interesting to learn more about the OP's coin.

roadrunner · February 16, 2012 6:57AM

Heritage broke a deal of 4-5 choice unc 1842-0 half dimes in the mid 1980's. But I believe the number was 5. If I recall I think they sent me the entire group on approval
but the flat heads kept the group at MS64. But the surfaces were nicely toned and basically gem. Up until that time I wasn't aware of a decent unc for this date and I was
very interested in locating an all there choice to gem specimen. It was probably the one O or S mint half dime that I would die for at the time and where the odds of finding one might
actually be realistic. But that hoard popping was quite unusual. I seem to recall a price of $4,000-$5,000 per coin, my pick. But I couldn't get pass the flat heads and corresponding flat
reverse wreath/bow area. The coins were essentially identical so at the asking price you had 1 of 5, and no real bragging rights to the best one known. That was a lot of coins for that
time as most of the rarer O mints probably didn't have more than 1 or 2 nice ones known, if any. So all of a sudden a choice 42-0 was more available than say a gem 41-0, 50-0 or 56-0.
It really wasn't until PCGS started certifying coins that previously unknown seated rarities started showing up with some regularity. In the 1975-1986 era there was really very little
that showed up from half dimes to halves.

So there's probably at least a dozen choice/gem ones now known as I have also seen a holdered nearly full head 65 that didn't look like it was part of that original mini-hoard.
PCGS/NGC list three 66's. One would think there could be up to 15-20 uncs known of this date. The date in honest and lustrous AU may actually be rarer than the uncs as the chances
of one of those being plucked out from circulation before it became a more commonly seen F-XF was pretty remote. A lot of these no doubt got melted in 1850's.

GoldClause · February 16, 2012 7:08AM

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Quarter1822 · February 20, 2012 8:01AM

Thank you info and I will go coins shop find out grade about one hour from my home. then I will let you know and I will ask special photo zoom then send here picture maybe in few days or a week?

rhedden · February 20, 2012 10:41AM

I will get a good laugh if he posts a photo and it's a hammered Gem Unc. that ends up being worth $50,000. Stranger things have happened (e.g., that 1792 cent that turned up in a non-collector's junk can some years ago).

coindeuce · February 20, 2012 12:19PM

The 1792 Cent without silver center was not in a "junk" can. It was kept by the direct descendants of Oliver Wolcott Jr. in a cigar box in an unlocked cabinet. Some awareness of the coin was in the family, but it wasn't until the family sold other coins to a coin shop (which was situated in the same business location as the coin shop I am presently involved in) that they were informed of the possible rarity of the coin they reported to be in possession of. It was this instance which prompted the family to physically take the coin to the Pittsburgh A.N.A. in 2005 where it was authenticated.

MsMorrisine · February 20, 2012 12:38PM

you post a lot on the BST, for example this

you even sell on eBay with pictures

take a picture and post it here. Forget the zoom.

(and keep selling on the BST only)

Quarter1822 · February 25, 2012 9:39AM

Yes today I went coin shop and 2 dealers look and more deeply look finally its EXTRA FINE and I will get my son set up picture tomorrow night.

roadrunner · February 25, 2012 10:17AM

<< <i>Yes today I went coin shop and 2 dealers look and more deeply look finally its EXTRA FINE and I will get my son set up picture tomorrow night. >>

Maybe or maybe not. 1842-0 typically comes with a weak or non-existant head and rev bow knot. I could see a typical B&M shop calling a fairly lustrous
AU55 coin as XF45 just based on not knowing striking details. Most shops will grade more on details than they do on luster. You have to use both.
If your coin has a flat head but obvious field or peripheral luster, I'd bet it has true AU details.

I have half dime 1842-o AU need help

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