half dimes
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Half Dime Value - Moving Higher Yearly
A very desirable coin, your half dime value rises depending on the date, the mint that produced the coin, and how much wear and abuse it has received.
The half dime was one of the original denominations introduced almost as soon as the United States coinage system began. The half disme of 1792 was a pattern designed by Thomas Birch.
half dime, half disme: A silver 5-cent coin of the United States. The Mint Act of April 2, 1792, authorizes "half dismes." See also disme.
half eagle: A gold $5 coin of the United States. See also eagle.
1853 HALF DIME SCRATCHED
1861 U.S. SEATED HALF DIME - NICE TYPE COIN 4 - UR SET
1842-O Seated Liberty Half Dime 5C ANACS VF30 RARE DATE ...
Bust Half Dimes
There are a few 1794 half dimes known that have been categorized by NGC as Specimen strikings but the first true Proofs were made in 1829.
Half Dimes 1837, 1837, 1847, 1853-O
1838 Seated Liberty Half Dime Fine Condition
1837 HALF DIME SEATED!! PCGS F12 NO STARS SMALL DATE!!! ...
No half dimes were struck in 1798 and 1799. The coin was again minted in 1800 with the same Draped Bust obverse, but with a new reverse by Robert Scot that copied the heraldic eagle device from the Great Seal of the United States.
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Flowing Hair Silver Half Dime
Capped Bust Half Dimes
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Seated Liberty Dime
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Half dime - A U.S. coin with a face value of 5 cents issued with dates between 1794 and 1873; originally called a half disme
Half disme - The original spelling of half dime. The first United States regular issue was the 1792 half disme.
Half dime - a U. S. silver five-cent coin, issued from 1794 to 1873
Half eagle - a U. S. $5 gold coin, issued from 1795 to 1929
Hub - a steel cylinder bearing one side of a coin's design and used to produce dies ...
half dime
A U.S. silver coin minted from 1794 through 1873 (five cents).
half eagle
A U.S. $5 gold coin minted from 1795 through 1929.
Half Dime: the U.S. silver coins struck from 1794 to 1873 worth five Cents..
Half Disme: the 1792 Half Dime (believed to be pronounced "Half Deem", after the French).
Half Dollar: the Fifty Cents coins struck from 1794 until today.
Early Half Dimes (1794-1837)
After the 1792 pieces, half dimes were next struck in quantity bearing the dates 1794 and 1795.
Seated Half Dimes Began at Philly
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In both cases they are available at least in circulated grades, but the Seated Liberty 1837 half dime is a key type coin as only it and the 1838-O, ...
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1796-97 HALF DIME
DRAPED BUST LIBERTY SMALL EAGLE
This historical information is provided complements of NGC (Numismatic Guarantee Corporation).
Half dime
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In 1801, at age 36 and in the prime of her life, Anne Bingham died.
Half dimes in silver were made in this country from 1794 to 1873. They were eventually replaced by the nickel five-cent piece first minted in 1866.
Half Dime
Silver coin of five cent face value issued by the US from 1794-1873.
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The half dime weighed just over one and one-third grams, less than four-hundredths of an ounce. As small as it was, it still represented a lot of purchasing power for a people who lived on small farms and small towns.
A 1792 half dime, believed to be one of the first coins minted by the United States, was sold at auction for more than $1.3 million Thursday night at the Central States Numismatic Society convention, officials said.
Capped Bust Half Dime - Business Strike
Liberty Seated Half Dime - No Stars - B.S.
Liberty Seated Half Dime - No Drapery - B.S.
LIBERTY SEATED HALF DIME TYPE, 1860-O, graded AU-58 by ANACS, as close to BU as one can get, with lovely toned brilliant surfaces. $195.00
U.S. Nickels
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1072 1870 pattern half dime. P-904, J-815. Rarity-7. Barber's Liberty Seated obverse. Proof-66 (PCGS). Silver. Reeded edge.
the Liberty Seated design type used for silver coins from half dimes through dollars and various subtypes therein. designer The individual responsible for a particular motif used for a numismatic series. device Any specific design element.
Valentine is perhaps best remembered for his extensive collection of United States half dimes, which he exhibited at the American Numismatic Society in 1914.
So just why was the Shield nickel introduced during the Seated Liberty half dime era? The answer goes back to the Civil War, when a goodly portion of silver and gold coins had been driven out of circulation.
Half Dimes - on the reverse side within or below the wreath.
Dimes - on the reverse side. On the older dimes it is below or within the wreath. On Mercury type dimes (1916 to 1945) on the reverse to the lower left of the fasces.
It was in 1980 that I first picked up a copy of The United States Half Dimes and began to read of the fascinating series that would so preoccupy my life for the next quarter century.
silver piece, the silver half dime and the silver dollar, thereby reducing the
amount of silver needed by the U.S. Mint. Many countries throughout the
world were adopting the Gold Standard, and dumping massive quantities of Silver ...
coin with a face value of 1/200th of a dollar first minted in 1793 and last minted in 1857 half dime A U.S. coin with a face value of 5 cents issued with dates between 1794 and 1873; originally called a half disme half eagle A U.S.
If it is a pre-1964 dollar, half, quarter, dime, or half dime it is made of silver and worth at least the value of that silver. As I write this in late 1999, that is a little over three times the face value -- 10 silver dimes will bring you $3.
These coins were much smaller than dimes, in diameter and thickness, appearing to be "half dimes".
* 1794 Flowing Hair Half Dime, $1175 Good
* 1796 Draped Bust with "Likerty" Error, rainbow patina, lack of sharpness on the reverse eagle, rare variety, $1500 Fine ...
Beginning in the 1850s, the most common form of coin alteration was the "potty coin," engraved on Seated Liberty coins (half dime through trade dollar).
The first United States silver coins were struck in 1794: dollars, halves and half dimes. The early half dimes were charming little coins and weighed only some 20 grains. There was no mark or indication of value on these coins until 1829.
A coin struck with either the obverse or the reverse of a discontinued series, an example being the 1860 half dime With Stars.
The original spelling of half dime. The first United States regular issue was the 1792 half disme supposedly struck in John Harper's basement with the newly acquired Mint presses.
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It's hard to believe that the first original games of poker took place in 1829, around the time the Capped Bust half dime was available. Just like with money poker has changed too and the way we play the game.
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... dies the 1876-CC dime, for one ... spelling of half dime. The first ... size or diameter with
the ... featuring Miss Liberty seated on a rock ... and 1840-1873 for dollars ...
Half Cent Large Cent (1) Small Cent (1) Two Cents Three Cents (2) Nickle Five Cent Half Dimes (1) Dimes (3) Twenty Cents (1) Quarter Dollars (3) Half Dollars (2) Dollars (1) Gold (14) Commemoratives Proof Sets ...
No Arrows
Term applied to coins without arrows by their dates during years when other coins had arrows by the date. (Example: the 1853 No Arrows half dime and 1853 Arrows half dime.) ...
Cupro-nickel (or copper-nickel) - Composed of an alloy of copper and nickel, as for example U.S. 5 cent coins (other than half dimes) and Canadian 5 cent coins produced since 1982.
Currency - Paper money.
A specific motif placed upon coinage which may be used for several denominations and subtypes, e.g., the Liberty Seated design type used for silver coins from half dimes through dollars and various subtypes therein.
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Before 1794 was out, thirty-nine obverse and thirty-nine reverse dies would see service in sixty-three combinations to produce over 900,000 cents. Besides these, the first half dimes, half dollars and dollars, ...
8827888 grams, the silver coins were all set proportional to a 25 gram (.9 fine) dollar in 1873. No silver Dollar was issued. (Also, the old silver half dime was now abandoned -- the nickel five cent piece, suitably called a "Nickel, ...
the reverse of each of the gold and silver coins, there shall be the figure or representation of an eagle, with the inscription of United States of American, and a designation of the value of the coin; but on the reverse of the dime and half dime, ...
Die variety - Half Dimes, 1794-1873. VAM# (VAM1-VAM230?) Van Allen and Mallis number (1976). Die variety - Morgan Dollars, 1878-1921. VG (VG8, VG10) Very Good. Grade. VF (VF20, VF30, perhaps VF35) Very Fine. Grade.
 See also: Half, Silver, Coin, Dollar, Eagle
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