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 06/25/2010 For coins 1794-1837, LM designations & rarity ratings from Logan & McCloskey. FLOWING HAIR TYPE HALF DIMES 1795 V-4 LM-10 R3 AG3. Mostly smooth wear. Bold date, partial stars, well outlined Liberty. Scattered obv digs & marks. Nearly full good rev, strong eagle & wreath, minimal marks. Nice for grade. Scarce. . . . . 775.00 DRAPED BUST TYPES 1801 V-2 LM-2 R4 F. Fine or better detail marred by many small digs and marks. Pretty good looking at arm's length. . . . . . . . 825.00 BUST HALF DIMES 1830 V-7 LM-7 R2 F15. Nice. Lt scratch, sm high obv dig. 57.50 1832 VG10. Heavy dark corrosion. . . . . . 14.50 1835 VF20. Sm date, sm 5c. Pleasing. . . . 90.00 1836 VF25. Lg 5c. Cleaned & litely polished. 47.50 STARS OBVERSE, NO DRAPERY HALF DIMES 1838 G4. Sm hole start. Some back detail gone. 7.50 1838 G4. Pleasing obv. A bit of rev corrosion. 9.50 1838 G6. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 1838 VG8. Few lite rev scratches else nice. . . 22.50 1838 VG8. Attractive example. . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1839 G5. Decent example. . . . . . . . . . . . 18.50 1839 O Fair2/VG10. Sm O. Barely readable date, nice back. 8.50 1839 O AG3. Sm O. Obv near good. Weak legends rev. 16.50 1839 O G6. Sm O. Old cleaning. Nice for grade. . 29.50 1840 XF40. Nice original. Trivial marks rev field. 77.50 STARS OBVERSE, DRAPERY ADDED HALF DIMES 1840 VF30. Pleasing example. Lite toning. Scarce. 140.00 1840 O VG8. Sm O. Nice for grade. Scarce date. . 75.00 1841 F12. Nice. Couple tiny marks obv field. . 27.50 1841 O G4. Very old cleaning. Back shows sl bend. 17.50 1842 O VF20. Burnished but not unattractive. Scarce. 105.00 1843 G6. . . . 20.00. VG8. 22.50. VF20. . . . 35.00 1844 O G6. Sm O. Upset reverse. Old clean. Decent. 75.00 1845 G5. . . . 18.50. G6. . . 20.00. VG10. . . 25.00 1845 F12. Dark toning. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.50 1845 AU50. Nice toning. Minor hairlines. . . . . 115.00 1846 VF25. Lt peripheral toning. Rare key date. 1750.00 1847 VG8. Lt damage. Dark. Decent filler. . . . 6.50 1847 XF45. Pleasing. Old marks rev field. . . . 55.00 1847 XF45. Sharp original. Nice toning. . . . . 75.00 1848 G5/AG3. Medium date. Dark. Part rev detail gone. 6.50 1848 XF45. Large date. Old lt clean. Toned. Scarce 235.00 1848 O V-2 VG8. Old cleaning. Pleasing appearance. . 37.50 1849 G5. Lite obv scratches else nice. . . . . 22.50 1849 F12. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 32.50 1849 O VG8. Nice original. Better date. . . . . . 40.00 1849 O AU50. Bold strike & clash marks. Lt clean. Sm rev rim mark. Very Rare in this grade. 975.00 1850 VG10. . 24.50 F12. 27.50. VF25. 40.00. VF35. 45.00 1850 AU59. Bold strike & full luster. Very choice. 185.00 1850 O G5. Decent example. . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1850 O VF35. Pleasing surfaces & color. Sharp. . . 95.00 1850 O AU50. Lovely toning. Scarcer date. . . . . 365.00 1851 G4. Few sm digs mostly on obv. . . . . . 11.50 1851 XF40. Brightly cleaned & some hairlines. . 24.50 1851 O G4. Just makes grade. 20.00. F12. Med gray. 35.00 1851 O F15. Original. Nice for grade. . . . . . . 45.00 1851 O XF40. Attractive gold highlites. . . . . . 125.00 1851 O XF45. Nice for this scarce date. . . . . . 150.00 1852 F12. Old lite cleaning. Decent. . . . . . 21.50 1852 O G6. Old cleaning. Scarce date. . . . . . 28.50 1853 O VG10. No Arrows. Old lt cleaning. Key date. Rarely available. Nice example. . . . 425.00 STARS OBVERSE, WITH ARROWS HALF DIMES 1853 VF20. Pleasing dark & lite gray. . . . . . 37.50 1853 VF30. Lite gray. A few trivial field marks. 40.00 1853 XF40. Sharp original. . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00 1853 XF45. Sharp original. Nice. . . . . . . . . 75.00 1853 AU55. Attractive lite toning. . . . . . . . 135.00 1853 O G5. Cleaned, scratched. Rev damage. . . . 8.50 1853 O AU50. Sharp detail. Dipped at one time. . . 130.00 1854 F15. Old lite cleaning. Good eye appeal. . 29.50 1854 VF35. Nice dark & lite gray. . . . . . . . 42.50 1854 XF40. Slightly bent & damaged. Gold highlites. 16.50 1854 XF45. Sharp original. . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 1854 O G5. Original. short scratches. Dark rev. 9.50 1854 O VG10. Darker gray. Decent. . . . . . . . . 27.50 1854 O VG10. Old lite cleaning. Good eye appeal. . 25.00 1855 VG10. Old lt cleaning & retoned. Nice. . . 17.50 1855 AU50. Old lt clean. Sharp details. . . . . 125.00 1855 AU55. Old lt clean. Sharp with clash marks. 150.00 1855 O G4. Sm knife point & lt scratch obv. Lt cln. 14.50 1855 O VG10. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 22.50 1855 O F15/VG8. Many sm obv surface marks. Rev weaker. 20.00 STARS OBVERSE HALF DIMES, RESUMED 1856 G5. Lite corrosion both sides. . . . . . 9.50 1856 F12. Old lite cleaning. Nice overall. . . 24.50 1856 VF25. Pleasing lite gray. Old mark in drapery. 29.50 1856 VF30. Attractive fields, detail & color. . 42.50 1856 XF40. Cleaned. Lt surface marks. . . . . . 27.50 1856 O F12. Pleasing original. Few old lt scratchs. 14.50 1856 O XF45. Old cleaning, lite hairlines. . . . . 79.50 1857 G5. Decent example. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.50 1857 VG10. Slightly rough. 2 Sm digs. . . . . . 14.50 1857 VG10. Decent lite gray example. . . . . . . 22.50 1857 F12. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1857 F15. Pleasing medium gray. . . . . . . . . 27.50 1857 XF40. Short obv scratch under dark toning. 39.50 1857 XF40. Lt cleaning. Sm rim mark. . . . . . . 19.50 1857 XF40. Pleasing lt toning. Nice original. . 50.00 1857 AU50. Nice detail, fields & color. Appealing. 125.00 1857 O VG10. Decent example. . . . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1857 O VF35. Attractive original. . . . . . . . . 55.00 1858 G4. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 1858 F12. Slightly rough. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.50 1858 F15. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1858/inv1858 VF30. Over inverted date variety. Litely polished. Nice color. Attractive. . . 115.00 1858 O G4. Decent example. . . . . . . . . . . . 17.50 1858 O F15/VF20. Original. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 1858 O VF20. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 1859 VG10. 2 digs rev fields. Few other sm marks. 19.50 1859 AU50. Very sharp strike for this 1 year type. 145.00 LEGEND OBVERSE HALF DIMES 1860 O F12. Nice original example. . . . . . . . 27.50 1860 O AU50. Sharp. Pretty toning. . . . . . . . . 125.00 1861 VG8. Slight bends. Other lt damage. . . . 8.50 1861 F12/VF30. Litely polished. No other defects. . 12.50 1861 XF40. Somewhat rough. Couple hvy obv marks. 14.50 1861 AU50. Bright & silvery, gold highlites. . . 90.00 1861 AU50. Lovely obv rainbow toning, gray rev. 100.00 1862 VF35. Dark obv toning. . . . . . . . . . . 49.50 1862 AU50. Pleasing original. . . . . . . . . . 105.00 1862 AU58. Nice surfaces toned gold indigo & rose. 125.00 1862 MS60. Attractive original. Sharp. . . . . . 150.00 1863 S MS63. Beautiful gold toning. Scarce date. . 1200.00 1866 S VG10. Solder obv removed but nice. . . . . 27.50 1868 S VG10. Solder obv removed. Couple obv digs. 8.50 1870 VF20. Steel gray original. . . . . . . . . 35.00 1871 F15. Medium gray. Tiny rim tick. Nice look. 20.00 1871 VF20. Ancient cleaning. Attractive lite gray. 30.00 1871 XF40. Bright clean now fading. No real marks. 19.50 1871 AU50. Attractive obv toning. Nice example. 90.00 1871 S AU50. Cleaned, beginning to retone. No real wear to speak of. Couple sm edge marks. 125.00 1872 VF25. Pleasing dark toning. . . . . . . . . 32.50 1872 AU50. Beautiful toning. Nice. . . . . . . . 90.00 1872 S AU50. Mm below bow. Nice for grade. . . . . 97.50 1873 F15. Old cleaning. Lite rim toning. . . . 29.50 1873 S VF20. Toned a moderate gray. Nice. . . . . 35.00 Policies: 1. All coins are nice & problem free (for grade) unless otherwise noted. ANA grading conservatively applied. Over 30 years experience. 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