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; THIS SITUATION SEEMS LIKELY TO CHANGE AS SERIOUS COLLECTORS CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT AREAS IN NUMISMATICS WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN TAKEN OVER BY INVESTORS. FOR THOSE WHO RELISH VARIETIES, THE HALF DIME SERIES IS A RICH AREA, & COPIES OF VALENTINE'S UNITED STATES HALF DIMES AND BLYTHE'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO LIBERTY SEATED HALF DIMES CAN LEAD TO MANY DISCOVERIES. *ASIDE FROM SOME 35% SILVER COINAGE DURING WWII CURRENT SELECTION OF HALF DIMES 07/19/2002 FLOWING HAIR & DRAPED BUST HALF DIMES OUT OF STOCK - WANTED! BUST HALF DIMES 1830 V-5 R7 MS60. ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL DARK TONING. RARE R7 VARIETY. . . . . . . . . . 475.00 1831 V-1 R1 AU55. SHARP ORIGINAL. IRREDESCENT TONING. 225.00 1832 V-6 R6 F12/VF20. BOTTOM OF 8 FILLED. SCARCE VAR. 65.00 1832 V-1 R1 PCGS AU58. ATTRACTIVE GOLDEN TONING. NICE. 250.00 1832 V-8 R2 MS62. SHARP STRIKE, NICE TONING. . . . . 375.00 1832 V-1b R1 MS63. BEAUTIFUL WHITE COIN. DIE CLASHED. LOVELY BUST TYPE HALF DIME. . . . 575.00 1834 V-3 R6 AU50. LITELY TONED. SCARCE VARIETY. . . 285.00 1835 V-3 R2 XF40. LG DATE, LG 5C. NICELY TONED. . . 105.00 NO STARS HALF DIMES 1837 AU50. SM DATE. BEAUTIFUL PERIPHERAL TONING. LOVELY NO STARS TYPE HALF DIME. . . . 375.00 STARS OBVERSE, NO DRAPERY HALF DIMES 1838 VG10. LG STARS. OLD CLEANING. A FEW SM MARKS. 12.50 1838 XF45. LG STARS.PLEASING ORIGINAL. . . . . . 67.50 1838 XF45. SMALL STARS VARIETY. MINTED FROM RUSTED DIES THAT WERE REGROUND. LITELY CLEANED, A FEW TINY MARKS. WELL STRUCK, SHARP. 175.00 1839 O G6. SM O. LONG REV DIE BREAK. A LITTLE DARK. 16.50 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 MS60. ATTRACTIVE WHITE COIN. PLEASING NO DRAPERY TYPE HALF DIME. . . . . . . . 285.00 STARS OBVERSE, DRAPERY ADDED HALF DIMES 1840 O VF35. OLD CLEANING, HAIRLINE SCRATCHES. . . 145.00 1841 AU50. BEAUTIFUL TONING. TINY SCATTERED MARKS. 80.00 1842 F12. MINOR MARKS. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . 13.50 1843 XF40. PLEASING ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . 47.50 1844 AU50. VERY SHARP STRIKE. MOSTLY PERIPHERAL TONING. TRACES OF RECUTTING IN DATE. 105.00 1844 O G5/G4. SM O, UPSET REV. "AL" WEAK IN "HALF". 59.50 1845 AU58. LOOKS UNC. MINOR FIELD FRICTION. NICE. 125.00 1849 O F15. LITELY CLEANED, SM SCRATCH. LOOKS NICE. 75.00 1849 O VF20/F12. PLEASING COIN, FRONT MUCH NICER. . . 125.00 1850 VG8. OLD CLEANING BUT NICE. . . . . . . . 13.50 1850 VF30. A FEW MINOR MARKS. . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1851 G6. OLD CLEANING. DECENT. . . . . . . . . 12.50 1851 O G5. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 1851 O XF45. SHARP ORIGINAL. VERY NICE. . . . . . 115.00 1851 O AU50. PLEASING LITE TONING. NICE. . . . . . 195.00 1852 XF40. ATTRACTIVE LITE GRAY. . . . . . . . . 45.00 1852 XF45. SHARP, LITELY TONED AND NICE. . . . . 50.00 1852 O G4. OLD CLEANING. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.50 1852 O G6. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 27.50 1853 O XF40. VERY SCARCE DATE ABOVE VG. MOST MINTED WERE MELTED. HALF A DOZEN TINY OBV MARKS BARELY VISABLE. NICE ORIGINAL. . . . 875.00 STARS OBVERSE, WITH ARROWS HALF DIMES 1853 G4. . 10.00. G5. 11.00. G6. 12.00. . VG8. 12.50 1854 O VF35. NICE ORIGINAL. FEW MINOR MARKS ON BACK. 32.50 1854 O XF40. NICE EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00 1855 G6. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 STARS OBVERSE HALF DIMES, RESUMED 1856 MS62. PRETTY WHITE COIN. WELL STRUCK & FREE OF DEFECTS. PERFECT TYPE COIN.. . . . 180.00 1857 G4. COLORFUL TONING. SLIGHT ROUGHNESS. . 9.50 1857 G6. A BIT DARK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.00 1857 F12/VF20. OLD CLEANING, SOMEWHAT RETONED. . . . 13.50 1857 XF40. SHORT OBV SCRATCH UNDER LITE TONING. 32.50 1857 XF45. TONED. SHARP HEAD DETAIL. SM RIM MARK. 47.50 1857 O G4. DECENT EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1858 G6. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 1858 O G4. NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1858 O G6. CLEANED. 3 HVY OBV SCRATCHES. . . . . 8.50 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 1859 XF40. ONE YEAR TYPE. MINOR RIM NICKS. NICE. 60.00 1859 O VG10/F15. NICE ORIGINAL. FEW MINOR REV MARKS. . 22.50 LEGEND OBVERSE HALF DIMES 1860 O G6. COUPLE SHORT OBV SCRATCHES ELSE NICE. 9.50 1860 O VG8. NICE EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.50 1861 G5. . . . 11.00. G6. . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 1861 F15. ATTRACTIVE LITE GRAY. . . . . . . . . 17.50 1861 VF20. LITE CLEANING. SEVERAL OLD MARKS. . . 11.50 1861 XF40. PLEASING ORIGINAL GRAY. . . . . . . . 32.50 1861 AU50. POLISHED UNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 1861 AU58. LITELY TONED. SLIDER UNC. . . . . . . 90.00 1862 XF40. OLD CLEANING. A LITTLE DARK. . . . . 25.00 1863 G6. NICE FOR GRADE. SCARCE LO MINTAGE DATE. 150.00 1864 PCGS MS63. BLAZING LUSTER & SHARP CLASH MARKS. BEAUTIFUL LOW MINTAGE KEY DATE. . . . 1400.00 1868 S NGC AU58. SHARP STRIKE, TONING A BIT UNEVEN. . 145.00 1869 S G6. SLIGHTLY ROUGH. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.50 1870 G6. DECENT EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . 11.50 1870 AU50. LITELY DIPPED. NEARLY NEW. . . . . . 65.00 1870 AU50. DARK ORIGINAL TONING. . . . . . . . . 65.00 1871 F15. PLEASING EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . 16.50 1872 G5. CLEANED BUT NICE FOR GRADE. . . . . . 10.00 1872 G6. DECENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.50 1872 XF40. PLEASING EXAMPLE. . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 1872 XF45. SHARP ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.50 1872 AU50. DANDY ORIGINAL WITH GOLD HIGHLITES. . 65.00 1872 AU55. BEAUTIFUL GOLD HIGHLITES. . . . . . . 85.00 1873 VF25. NICE ORIGINAL. . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 1873 XF45. LITELY CLEANED. . . . . . . . . . . . 32.50 1873 XF45. DIE SCRATCHS REV LOWER RIGHT LEAVES. 35.00 1873 AU50. LITE PERIPHERAL TONING. NICE. . . . . 50.00 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. 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