The 43 Days Of Half Dimes!

Any coin pics from before 1998 were taken with a film SLR (Nikon FE) and a 55mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor lens. On 35mm film, Half Dimes are shot at more than 1X magnification, meaning that the Micro-Nikkor needs to be reverse mounted for best results. There's not much working distance between the reversed lens and the coin, and that pretty much forces low-angle lighting.

I stopped shooting film in 1998, and started with the DSLR in 2004. I'm hoping to replace all film shots with digital ones, but I don't know when that project will be complete. Any coin not yet having a digital photo has probably not been out of the safety deposit box since 2004.

1838:





(scanned-in film prints)

Hi,

Here's my 1837 'Bust' Half Dime:

One last issue deserves mentioning. Another reverse clash mark exists from the 1st U of PLURIBUS to the front of the beak and faintly from the 2nd U of PLURIBUS to the top of the beak:



The closest match I found using the 1st of the 6 'known' varieties is the LM-1 V-3 R-1 displayed at:

http://logan.com/russ/collection/


Unlike the featured AU-50 specimen in the URL above the characteristics of my coin:

- do not display any noticeable obverse clashing at all and

- are such that the shape of the reverse clashing on my coin near the right wing (when looking at the photo) does not exactly match the AU-50 coin.

Question:

Could this mean that my coin is a different or new variety since I could not find its 'exact' features anywhere among the only six know varieties referenced in the above URL?

Please compare the photos of each coin and give me your opinion.

Missed a day;

Amazing! I am not sure I could have gone that long without looking at a coin I had. I do wish you luck with the digitization project. Take your time and try to enjoy it.


Sneaky! Very nice.

1838 Half Dime