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Which of your sets has the most holes? The first one that springs to mind is the Capped Bust quarter Album. It is quite bereft of coins, except for its sole occupant, the 1831 CBQ, Large Letters. (Of course, when you look at the mintages of the CBQ, you can see why!) Edited by Moe145
08/05/2015 5:38 pm
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Which of your sets has the most holes (or upgrade candidates)? Or as another option to consider, the question might be amended instead to state: Which of your sets has the LEAST # of holes that I can reasonably expect to 100% complete from a 'financial resources' perspective? Comparing the responses using the above criteria would yield just another interesting comparative profile based upon palpability. |
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Brand-new digital image of today's 1838 Half Dime. This is the same coin whose film image was posted earlier today:   (Note: I don't see any rule against posting updated images for the same coin on the same day.) |
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Quote:Certainly. My Capped Bust quarter Dollar hole in the 7070 sat empty for a very long time. I'm finding it extremely hard to find a small diameter Capped Bust quarter that's problem free raw under $200 on ebay. |
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Behind by one day. Here's my 1837 no-stars Half Dime:  |
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The second lowest mintage(70,000) coin of the Seated Liberty Half Dimes series acquired for 5 bucks at an auction when all of the buyers, looking for rare Silver Dollars, got caught off guard  :   |
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Just for the record beginning in 1838 the engravers back then actually added the 13 stars by hand combined with a hub obviously made without the stars' layout. The 1838 design also had no drapery under the elbow: Here is my 1838 Type 2 example:   |
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This is just a heads for when we arrive to the later years of this Half Dime. It should not be a surprise to anyone that when comparing an 1862 to an 1838, for example: 1) the thumb of the 1838 points significantly more to the left of the 'L' of LIBERTY and 2) the 1838's shield rotates a bit more counterclockwise resulting in it pointing directly to the top of '8' and 3) the 1838's bottom robe appears to possess two(2) knobs I'm always double checking for counterfeits on all coins but this particular modification was part of the mint's plan. only an fyi  |
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Or as another option to consider, the question might be amended instead to state:
Which of your sets has the LEAST # of holes that I can reasonably expect to 100% complete from a 'financial resources' perspective? Like!  Quote:Brand-new digital image of today's 1838 Half Dime. This is the same coin whose film image was posted earlier today: Lovely "upgrade."  |
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Im a few days late with this......in my type set. My 4 Half Dimes are some of my favorites in my type set.   |
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