HUNTING FOR HALF DIMES? HALF DIMES: A FASCINATING SERIES OF U.S. COINAGE WHICH IS NOW EXTINCT. NO SILVER FIVE CENT PIECES HAVE BEEN MINTED SINCE 1873*. IT IS A CONCISE RUN OF ABOUT 105 PIECES (DEPENDING ON WHICH VARIETIES ONE WANTS TO INCLUDE). ASSEMBLING A COMPLETE SET IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE, YET AN ATTAINABLE GOAL FOR ONE WHO SEARCHES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. SOME COLLECTORS ATTEMPT THE WHOLE SERIES, OTHERS FROM 1829, WHILE SOME CONCENTRATE ON THE SEATED LIBERTY PORTION ONLY. COMPARED WITH THE DIMES, QUARTERS, & HALF DOLLARS OF THE SAME ERA, HALF DIMES - AS A SERIES - SEEM TO BE MORE ATTAINABLE & UNDERVALUED. FOR THOSE WHO RELISH VARIETIES, THE HALF DIME SERIES IS A RICH AREA, & COPIES OF VALENTINE'S CLASSIC UNITED STATES HALF DIMES, LOGAN & McCLOSKEY'S EXCELLENT FEDERAL HALF DIMES 1792-1837 AND BLYTHE'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO LIBERTY SEATED HALF DIMES CAN LEAD TO MANY EXCITING DISCOVERIES. THESE BOOKS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL HALF DIME COLLECTORS. *ASIDE FROM SOME 35% SILVER COINAGE DURING WWII CURRENT SELECTION OF HALF DIMES 05/16/2003 FLOWING HAIR & DRAPED BUST HALF DIMES - LM designations & rarity ratings from Logan & McCloskey. 1794 V-3 LM-3 R4 VF30. SHARP EVEN DETAIL. COUPLE SM PLANCHET CRACKS AS MINTED. PROBABLE OLD SOLDER REMOVAL AT TOP & RETOOLING AT "BE" IN "LIBERTY". 1ST YEAR OF ISSUE. REPORTED MINTAGE OF ONLY 7756. 1475.00 1795 V-4 LM-10 R3 ANACS VF30. PLEASING ORIGINAL MEDIUM GRAY. EVEN STRIKE & WEAR. FEW MINOR CIRC MARKS CONSISTENT WITH LITE CIRCULATION. NICE FLOWING HAIR TYPE. 1950.00 1797 V-3 LM-3 R5 F12. 16 STARS. SOME LITE MARKS & SCRATCHES BUT PRETTY NICE OVERALL. 850.00 1797 V-4 LM-2 R4 ANACS "VF DETAILS DAMAGED" NET F12. 16 STARS. LOVELY MID-RANGE VF. LITELY TONED, GOLD HIGHLITES. RIM DISTURBANCE HARD TO SEE IN HOLDER. 3 SM OLD PINGS ON NECK MENTIONED FOR ACCURACY. NICE DRAPED BUST, SM EAGLE TYPE. . . . . 1350.00 BUST HALF DIMES - LM designations & rarity ratings from Logan & McCloskey. 1829 VG10/AG3. LITLY CLEANED. SMOOTH. . . . 14.50 1829 V-12 LM-13 R1 VF20. NICE ORIGINAL. TINY OBV. RIM MARK. SM BRIGHT AREA AT BUST. . . . 49.50 1829 V-2 LM-3 R2 XF40. NICE EYE APPEAL. SLIGHTLY ROUGH. 69.50 1830 V-3a LM-4.1 R2 XF40. PRETTY. PERIPHERAL TONING. 115.00 1830 V-5 LM-9.1 R4 MS61. NICE ORIGINAL DARK TONING. . 350.00 1831 V-1 LM-6 R1 XF45. ORIGINAL LITE GRAY. SHARP. . . 125.00 1831 V-1 LM-6 R1 AU55. ORIGINAL IRREDESCENT TONING. . 225.00 1832 F12/G5. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . 29.50 1832 V-1 LM-3 R1 PCGS AU58. ATTRACTIVE GOLDEN TONING. 250.00 1832 V-8 LM-5 R1 MS62. SHARP STRIKE. GOLD HIGHLIGHTS. 375.00 1832 V-1b LM-3 R1 MS63. LOVELY WHITE COIN. DIE CLASHED. A BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT BUST HALF DIME. . 575.00 1834 V-1 LM-2 R1 VF35. ATTRACTIVE DARK & LITE GRAY. . 75.00 1834 V-4 LM-4 R1 AU50. LITELY TONED. . . . . . . . . 195.00 1835 V-3 LM-3 R1 F12. PLEASING MID-GRADE EXAMPLE. . . 35.00 1837 V-3 LM-1 R2 VF25. REPUNCHED 7. NICE ORIGINAL. . 60.00 NO STARS HALF DIMES 1837 VG10. SM DATE. OVERALL FINE DETAIL. NICE. . 40.00 1837 VF25. SM DATE. VERY NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . 125.00 1837 AU50. SM DATE. BEAUTIFUL PERIPHERAL TONING. A LOVELY NO STARS HALF DIME. . . . . 375.00 1838 O VG10. HARD TO FIND & PROBLEM FREE. . . . . 150.00 STARS OBVERSE, NO DRAPERY HALF DIMES 1838 VF20. LG STARS. OLD CLEANING. FEW SM RIM TIX. 19.50 1838 XF45. SMALL STARS VARIETY. MINTED FROM RUSTED DIES THAT WERE REGROUND. LITELY CLEANED, A FEW TINY MARKS. WELL STRUCK, SHARP. 175.00 1838 AU50. LG STARS. OLD CLEANING. A FEW TINY DIGS. 85.00 1838 AU55. SM STARS. LITELY TONED ORIGINAL. PHOTO AT RIGHT SHOWS SM STARS, RUST ON ARM. 350.00 1839 MS60. VERY CHOICE NEW EXCEPT LITE HAIRLINES. 165.00 1839 O V3A XF40. SM O. REV ROTATED 90 DEGREES CCW. NICE BUT MANY TINY DIGS OBV FIELDS & SHIELD. 75.00 1840 VF30. LITE & DARK GRAY. . . . . . . . . . . 37.50 1840 XF40. OLD CLEANING BUT VERY NICE. . . . . . 55.00 1840 MS60. ATTRACTIVE WHITE COIN. A PLEASING NO DRAPERY HALF DIME. . . . . . . . . . 285.00 1840 O G4. NICE SMOOTH EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . 15.00 STARS OBVERSE, DRAPERY ADDED HALF DIMES 1840 O XF40. NICE DARK & LITE GRAY. TOUGH DATE. . 275.00 1841 VF20. CLEANED ELSE DECENT. . . . . . . . . 20.00 1841 AU50. BEAUTIFUL TONING. TINY SCATTERED MARKS. 80.00 1841 O G6. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 1842 G5. OLD CLEANING. DECENT. . . . . . . . . 10.00 1842 O XF40. SCARCE HIGH GRADE EXAMPLE. MINOR OBV MARKS. OLD LITE SCRATCHES & SM DARK AREA ON REV FROM CAREFULLY REMOVED SOLDER. 185.00 1843 G5. BOLDLY REPUNCHED DATE. . . . . . . . 20.00 1843 XF40. PLEASING ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . 45.00 1843 XF45. LITE TONING. NICE EYE APPEAL. . . . . 47.50 1845 VG10. OLD CLEANING. DECENT. . . . . . . . . 15.00 1845 XF40. LITE OBV SCRATCH ELSE NICE. . . . . . 39.50 1845 XF45. LITELY TONED. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.50 1845/45 XF45. BOLDLY RECUT DATE. . . . . . . . . . 65.00 1845 AU55. LOOKS UNC. LOTS OF LUSTER. PRETTY. . 115.00 1845 AU58. LOOKS UNC. MINOR FIELD FRICTION. NICE. 125.00 1847 G6. PLEASING ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . 12.00 1847 VG8. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1848 AU50. LOVELY BUT HEAD WEAKLY STRUCK. . . . 85.50 1849/46 AU50. BOLD OVERDATE. CLEANED & RECOLORED. . 165.00 1849/48 G5. NICE ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 1849 O VG8. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 32.50 1849 O VF20. COUPLE REV RIM DISTURBANCES. . . . . 150.00 1850 G6. CLEANED. HEAVY MARKS. . . . . . . . . 5.00 1850 VF30. A FEW MINOR MARKS. . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1850 XF40. LITELY TONED. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . 45.00 1850 XF45. SHARP ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 1850 O G4. SM MARKS BOTH SIDES. . . . . . . . . 14.50 1851 O G4. DECENT EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1851 O G5. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 1851 0 G6. NICE ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . . . 16.50 1851 O VF25. CLEANED, RETONING. . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1851 O AU50. PLEASING LITE TONING. NICE. . . . . . 195.00 1852 O G4. OLD CLEANING. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.50 1852 O G5. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1852 O G6. NICE EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1852 O VF30. DIFFICULT DATE TO FIND THIS NICE. . . 125.00 1853 VF35. A LITTLE DARK. REV MARK. MOST MELTED. 95.00 STARS OBVERSE, WITH ARROWS HALF DIMES 1853 G4. . . 11.00. . G5. 12.00. . G6. . . . . 12.50 1853 O XF45. SHARP EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.50 1854 XF40. NICE ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 1854 AU50. SPLENDID TONING. . . . . . . . . . . 115.00 1855 G6. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1855 VG10. NICE ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00 1855 V-4 XF45. HVY DIE CLASH. DIE BREAK REV. SHARP. 55.00 STARS OBVERSE HALF DIMES, RESUMED 1856 AG3. SMOOTH COIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00 1856 O F12. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1857 G5. NICE EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 1857 VF30. LITE GRAY, GOLD HIGHTLITES. NICE. . . 22.50 1857 XF40. SHORT OBV SCRATCH UNDER LITE TONING. 32.50 1857 XF45. TONED. SHARP HEAD DETAIL. SM RIM MARK. 47.50 1857 O G4. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1857 O G6. DECENT EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 1857 O VG10. FEW TINY MARKS. . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 1857 O F15. PLEASING LITE TONING. . . . . . . . . 25.00 1857 O XF40. NICE ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 1858/INV1858 G5. CLEANED. MANY MARKS. CLEAR OVERDATE. 12.50 1858 VF35. PLEASING ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . 30.00 1858 O VF20. MANY SCRATCHES. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 1858 O VF20. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 32.50 1858 O VF30. PLEASING EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . 42.50 1858 O VF35. A BIT DARK BUT NICE. . . . . . . . . 45.00 1858 O VF35. NICER THAN TYPICAL. SM REV RIM CUT. . 47.50 1859 XF40. ONE YEAR TYPE. MINOR RIM NICKS. NICE. 60.00 1859 O G6. OLD MARK BELOW DATE. . . . . . . . . 14.50 1859 O VG10/F15. NICE ORIGINAL. FEW MINOR REV MARKS. . 22.50 1859 O VF20. PLEASING EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 LEGEND OBVERSE HALF DIMES 1860 O G5. NICE FOR GRADE. LAST N.O. HALF DIME. 14.50 1860 O G6. COUPLE SHORT OBV SCRATCHES ELSE OK. 11.50 1860 O XF40. OLD CLEANING BUT NICE. . . . . . . . 45.00 1861 G5. DECENT EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 1861 F15. ATTRACTIVE LITE GRAY. . . . . . . . . 17.50 1861 XF40. PLEASING ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . 32.50 1861 XF45. LITE & DARK GRAY. SHARP. . . . . . . 35.00 1861 AU50. POLISHED UNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 1861 AU58. LITELY TONED. SLIDER UNC. . . . . . . 90.00 1861 MS60. SHARP STRIKE. LITE TONING. NICE. . . 115.00 1862 XF40. PLEASING ORIGINAL. SM SCRATCH BTM REV. 32.50 1864 G5. TOUGH TO FIND WELL CIRCULATED EXAMPLE. OLD CLEANING. WEAK AT CENTER OF REV. 325.00 1864 PCGS MS63. BLAZING LUSTER & SHARP CLASH MARKS. BEAUTIFUL LOW MINTAGE KEY DATE. . . . 1300.00 1868 VF35. MINOR MARKS & BLEMISHES. TOUGH DATE. 165.00 1868 S NGC AU58. SHARP STRIKE, TONING A BIT UNEVEN. . 145.00 1870 AU50. DARK ORIGINAL TONING. . . . . . . . . 65.00 1870 AU55. LITELY CLEANED UNC. FEW HAIRLINES. . 80.00 1871 XF40. PLEASING GOLD HIGHLITES. . . . . . . 32.50 1872 G6. DECENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1872 XF40. LITELY CLEANED. HEAD WEAKLY STRUCK. . 22.50 1872 AU50. DANDY ORIGINAL WITH GOLD HIGHLITES. . 65.00 1872 AU55. BEAUTIFUL GOLD HIGHLITES. . . . . . . 85.00 1872 S F12. MM BELOW WREATH. FEW SM RIM MARKS. . 15.00 1873 XF45. LITELY CLEANED. . . . . . . . . . . . 32.50 1873 AU50. BRIGHT ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE. . . . . . 65.00 POLICIES: 1. ALL COINS ARE NICE & PROBLEM FREE (FOR GRADE) UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ANA GRADING CONSERVATIVELY APPLIED. OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE. ALL COINS ACCURATELY DESCRIBED. 2. ALL COINS KEPT IN BANK, BUT MOST ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HOURS. (PERSONAL CHECKS FROM PARTIES UNKNOWN TO ME MUST CLEAR). 3. 10 DAY RETURN PRIVILEGE. 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