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 07/27/2012 For coins 1794-1837, LM designations & rarity ratings from Logan & McCloskey. FLOWING HAIR TYPE HALF DIMES 1795 V-4 LM-10 R3 AG3/G5. Full date & Liberty profile. Weak “Liberty” & few stars visible. Clear eagle & wreath. Legend weak at bottom. Old obv “X” scratch. Cleaned, lite polishing. 850.00 DRAPED BUST, SMALL EAGLE REVERSE TYPE HALF DIMES Out of stock – Wanted! DRAPED BUST, HERALDIC EAGLE REVERSE TYPE HALF DIMES 1800 V-1 LM-1 R3 AG3. Uneven wear. Some stars & legends bold. Partial date, stars & bust. Few sm obv digs. Rev a little weaker. Only parts of eagle & rev legends visible. . . . . 450.00 1801 V-1,2 LM-2 R4 F12. Harsh cleaning, scratches & rev rim mark. Overall not too bad. Scarce. 1500.00 1803 V-2 LM-3 R3 VG8. Lg 8. Sm hole 7 o’clock. Otherwise pretty nice. A few old lt scratches do not detract much. Scarcer date. . . . . . 575.00 1803 V-1 LM-2 R4 F12 details. Lg 8. Peripheral details weak, especially on rev. Heavy dig & several scratches obv field. Scarce. . 925.00 CAPPED BUST HALF DIMES 1829 V-2 LM-3 R2 XF40. Original, bold strike, surfaces slightly rough. Pleasing overall. . . . 89.50 1830 V-7 LM-7 R2 F15. Faint obv scratch. Sm dig at top. 62.50 1831 V-1 LM-6 R1 F15. Nice original example. . . . . 75.00 1831 V-1 LM-6 R1 VF30. Pleasing. Few lt obv scratches. 105.00 1832 G5. Bottom of 8 filled. Old cleaning. 45.00 1834 V-1 LM-2 R1 G4. Decent example. A little dark. . 47.50 1835 V-3 LM-3 R1 XF40. Lg date lg 5c. Trace of roughness mainly in drapery area. . . . . . . . . 95.00 1835 V-9 LM-6 R2 VF20. Lg date sm 5c. Nice for grade. 100.00 1835 V-7 LM-10 R1 XF40. Sm date sm 5c. Nice example. 135.00 1836 V-3 LM-6 R3 VF25. Lg 5c. Cleaned & litely polished. 49.50 1836 V-6 LM-5 R2 XF45. Sm 5c. Pleasing color, surfaces. 150.00 1837 V-2 LM-4 R3 G6. Sm 5c. Nice original. Rev scrape. 75.00 1837 V-1 LM-5 R1 VG8. Lg 5c. Ancient cleaning. Decent. 65.00 NO STARS SEATED LIBERTY HALF DIMES 1837 G4. Sm date. Couple sm obv marks. Original. 32.50 1837 G5. Sm date. Rev rotated about 15 degrees. 40.00 1838 O V-1 G4/AG3. Old cleaning else decent example. . 95.00 1838 O V-1 F12. Well toned. A few lite scratches. . . 275.00 STARS OBVERSE, NO DRAPERY HALF DIMES 1838 AG3. Some stars & rev legend worn away. . 7.50 1838 G4. Sm hole start. Some rev detail gone. 7.50 1838 VG8. Lg stars. Few sm scattered marks. . . 19.50 1838 XF45. Lg stars. Old clean. Gold highlites. 67.50 1839 VG10. Rev rotated about 10 degrees. Nice. . 22.50 1840 XF40. Pleasing original. . . . . . . . . . 85.00 1840 O G4. Sm O. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . 20.00 1840 O G5. Sm O. Dark & lite gray. Few sm rev digs. 19.50 1840 O AU50. Med O. Pleasing surfaces & detail. . 250.00 STARS OBVERSE, DRAPERY ADDED HALF DIMES 1840 O G5. Nice for grade. Scarce date. . . . . 47.50 1841 G4. Old cleaning. Litely scratched obv. . 14.50 1841 F12. Nice. Couple tiny marks obv field. . 24.50 1841 VF20. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1842 G4. Dark & somewhat beat up. . . . . . . 4.50 1844 O G5. Med “O”. Old clean. Decent. . . . . . 90.00 1844 O G5. Lg “O”. Slight bend else nice. Scarce. 75.00 1845 G5. Slightly rough. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1845 VG10. Peripheral toning. Nice. . . . . . . 24.50 1845 F12. Dark toning, otherwise ok. . . . . . 18.50 1845 XF40. Nice toning. Minor hairlines. . . . . 55.00 1846 G4. Couple short heavy obv scratches. Few sm inclusions. Decent overall. Rare. 725.00 1846 G5. Old cleaning. Sm deep dig at shield. Few other scattered lt marks. Rare. 650.00 1847 VG8. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 22.50 1847 AU58. Nice gray, luster in protected areas. 150.00 1848 VG10. Med date. Good eye appeal. . . . . . 27.50 1848 VG10. Large date. Pleasing example. Scarce. 62.50 1848 F12. Med date. Nice for grade. . . . . . . 32.50 1848 XF45. Large date. Old lt clean now retoned. Pretty obv toning. Scarce variety. . 235.00 1849/6 XF45. Pleasing coin. Late die state. . . . 175.00 1849 O F12. Pleasing appearance. . . . . . . . . 80.00 1850 VF25. . . . 32.50. . . VF30. 35.00. . VF35. 37.50 1850 AU58. Very lustrous. Uncirculated with just some slight friction. Beautiful. . . 195.00 1850 O VG10. Lg O. Old scratches. Rim nick. Toned. 22.50 1851 V-2 VF20. Low date. Old clean. Old rev gouge. . 17.50 1851 V-1 XF40. High date. Brightly cleaned. Hairlines. 24.50 1851 O G5. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1851 O VG8. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1851 O F15. Original. Some dark toning. . . . . . 32.50 1851 O VF35. Pleasing example. . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 1852 XF40. Appealing lite toning. . . . . . . . 60.00 1852 O VG10. Some dark toning. Scarce date. . . . 115.00 1852 O F15. Virtual VF but hairlined. Scarce. . . 125.00 1853 VG10. No arrows. Old clean. Couple sm digs. 150.00 1853 XF40. No arrows. Bold strike. Lt hairlines. 325.00 1853 O VG8. No arrows. Few sm marks. Traces of solder rev only. Very scarce. . . . . 350.00 STARS OBVERSE, WITH ARROWS HALF DIMES 1853 G4. With Arrows. Nice for grade. . . . . 15.00 1853 G5. Some old deep rev scratches. . . . . 9.50 1853 VG8. Diagonal obv scratches. Rev verdigris. 11.50 1853 VG10. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 19.50 1853 VF30. Pleasing example. . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 1853 XF40. Harshly cleaned, starting to retone. 24.50 1853 XF45. Sharp original. Nice. . . . . . . . . 65.00 1853 O G4. Attractive original. . . . . . . . . 20.00 1853 O G5. Cleaned, scratched. Rev damage. . . . 7.50 1853 O G6. Surface damage. Scratches. . . . . . 6.50 1853 O XF45. Very attractive. . . . . . . . . . . 67.50 1854 G4. Decent example. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1854 VG8. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 17.50 1854 V-1 F15. R4. 85 in date pushed into rock. . . 27.50 1854 VF25. Pleasing toning. . . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1854 V-1 VF35. R4. 85 in date pushed into rock. Nice. 42.50 1854 XF40. Slightly bent & damaged. Gold highlites. 14.50 1854 XF40. Bold strike. Few scattered sm marks. 44.50 1854 XF45. Sharp original. . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00 1854 O G5. Original. short scratches. Drk spot rev. 12.50 1855 G5. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.50 1855 G6. Decent example. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.50 1855 XF45. Attractive original. Traces of luster. 65.00 1855 AU50. Old lt clean. Sharp details. Nice. . . 125.00 1855 O G4. Sm knife point & lt scratch obv. Lt cln. 13.50 1855 O G4. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 18.50 1855 O F15. Many sm obv surface marks. Rev weaker. 19.50 STARS OBVERSE HALF DIMES, RESUMED 1856 F12. Old lite cleaning. Nice overall. . . 18.50 1856 VF25. Pleasing lite gray. Old mark in drapery. 21.50 1856 VF30. Attractive fields, detail & color. . 27.50 1856 XF40. Cleaned. Lt surface marks. . . . . . 29.50 1856 O F15. Nice overall. Lt stain central rev. . 22.50 1856 O XF45. Well struck, old clean, lt hairlines. 95.00 1857 VG10. . . . 17.50. F12. . . 20.00. XF40. . 45.00 1857 XF45. Well struck except head. Nice. . . . 50.00 1857 AU50. Very well struck including head detail. 125.00 1857 O VG10. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 1857 O F15. Pleasing example. . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1857 O VF35. Attractive original. . . . . . . . . 45.00 1857 O XF40. Old lt cleaning. Nice color. . . . . 55.00 1858 VG10. 18.50. F12. 19.50. VF20. 22.50 VF30. 27.50 1858 F15. Lt clean. Sm edge damage. . . . . . . 11.50 1858 O VG8. Decent example. . . . . . . . . . . . 17.50 1858 O VG10. Nice for grade. . . . . . . . . . . . 19.50 1858 O F15. Attractive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.50 1858 O VF20. Pleasing example. . . . . . . . . . . 37.50 1858 O XF45. Well struck and original. . . . . . . 70.00 1859 VF35. Pleasing example. Lite toning. . . . 50.00 1859 XF40. Old lite cleaning. Well struck. . . . 85.00 1859 XF45. Attractive well struck original. . . 115.00 LEGEND OBVERSE HALF DIMES 1860 O F15. Very slightly rough. . . . . . . . . 19.50 1861 AG3. . . . 8.50. . . G6. . . . . . . . . . 15.00 1861 VG8. Slight bend. Other lt damage. . . . . 6.50 1861 F12/VF30. Litely polished. No other defects. . 12.50 1861 XF40. Somewhat rough. Couple hvy obv marks. 13.50 1861 XF40. Pleasing original. Sm rev rim mark. . 27.50 1861 AU50. White with peripheral gold highlites. 75.00 1861 AU50. Lovely obv rainbow toning, gray rev. 75.00 1862 VF35. Dark obv toning. . . . . . . . . . . 47.50 1862 XF45. Sharp original. Die clash. Nice. . . 65.00 1862 AU50. Pleasing original. . . . . . . . . . 87.50 1863 VG8. Few lt marks. Nice Civil War date. . 325.00 1865 VG10. Pleasing original. Very rare. . . . . 550.00 1865 S VG8/F12. Old cleaning. Slightly porous. . . . 85.00 1867 S G4. Full rims. Nice for grade. . . . . . 45.00 1867 S VG8. Pleasing example. Scarce date. . . . 65.00 1869 F15. Old cleaning. Fields a bit scoured. . 40.00 1869 XF40. Nice for grade. Attractive. . . . . . 100.00 1870 F12. Pleasing example. . . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1870 XF40. Litely toned. Pleasing. . . . . . . . 47.50 1871 XF40. Cleaned & retoning. Slightly rough. . 19.50 1871 AU50. Attractive obv toning. Nice example. 72.50 1871 AU55. Pleasing toning & surfaces. Avg strike. 77.50 1871 AU58. Original and nice. Barest trace of wear. 90.00 1871 S VF35. Couple tiny marks under hazy toning. 67.50 1872 G4. Full rims. Major details complete. . 12.50 1872 VG8. “AMERICA” doubled. Old cleaning. . . 32.50 1872 VF25. Dark toning. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.50 1872 VF35. Strike a little mushy. Bright coin. . 29.50 1872 AU50. Beautiful obv toning. Nice. . . . . . 75.00 1872 S XF45. Mm below bow. Premium example. super. 65.00 1872 S AU55. Mm below bow. Attractive toning. Nice. 95.00 1873 VG10. Last year of issue. Nice for grade. . 18.50 1873 F12. Nice original. . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1873 F15. Old cleaning. A little bright. . . . 22.50 1873 AU50. Attractive. Good eye appeal. . . . . 75.00 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. Coins must be in original holders. All refunds handled immediately. 4. Postage & insurance will be added as follows: Under $50 - $2 $200 - $300 - $5 $50 - $100 - $3 Over $300 - $15 $100 - $200 - $4 Outside of U.S. - add $10 5. California buyers must include sales tax or provide valid resale number. 6. Coins available on lay away. Ask for details. 7. Please include alternate choices if possible. 8. I am a strong buyer of nice U.S. type & better date coins & currency. Please ship with prices or send for generous offer. 9. 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