1829 H10C MS(PCGS#4276)

1829 H10C MS (PCGS#4276)

The June 2011 Baltimore Auction

详细说明: 1829 Capped Bust Half Dime. V-5, LM-6.3. Rarity-5. MS-67 (NGC). The premiere issue in the Capped Bust series, the 1829 is also the first half dime struck in the United States Mint since 1805. This was obviously an unpopular denomination with contemporary depositors of silver bullion, many of which chose to have their product coined into the more substantial and useful half dollar. Even after half dime production resumed in 1829, in fact, this denomination often played second fiddle to others (again namely the half dollar), and all issues of the type are known in numerous die marriages and die states that point to irregular production schedules and general sloppiness on the part of Mint employees when producing these coins.<br />     This is a rare die marriage of the 1829 half dime, with the terminal state LM-6.3 the most frequently encountered among survivors. A simply beautiful and very rare Superb Gem, the present example exhibits a radiant satin-white sheen to fully brilliant surfaces. Sharply struck from the rims to the centers without so much as a single distracting abrasion or other blemish. Almost certainly the finest known 1829 LM-6 half dime, and also high in the Condition Census for the issue as a whole.