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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Notably soft in the obverse hair and some wear on the face. I'm on the fence between VF for wear of XF and a weaker strike. Regardless, the coin is beautiful.
I simply LOVE this design. I sold my only draped bust coin, an 1805 dime a few months ago to fund something more focused on my collection. Part of me still misses it just because of the beauty of the coin. I totally digg what I bought instead though :)
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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A very scarce coin. Seems to be an LM-1 variety? There is only one variety for the 1805 Half Dime. There are couple of die rotation states. Most all of them are weakly struck in one place or another. They can be weakly struck further to the right than the piece I have, those coins tend have a little more detail. This design is rarely seen fully struck. I have one example that is perfectly struck. I'll post that one up here sometime in the future. |
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Valued Member
United States
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All I can say, what a nice coin, you have good taste.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6398 Posts |
Deserves an AU-50 I think. Wonderful example of a rare date within a very tough series. Congrats!
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
EF-40. Beautiful example. Worth WAY more than its weight in gold  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1663 Posts |
Bill, that's an amazing coin. Value in the rarity, not the grade - VF-30.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I would go AU-50 as well. Remarkable coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18717 Posts |
I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for the next one.  this is so much fun  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
EF-45 You are giving me good practice in early US coinage. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1499 Posts |
This coin is a PCGS VF-35. Some veterian dealers have called it an EF-40. These coins are often hard to grade because of strike issues.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6398 Posts |
Seems undergraded. My 1800 LIBEKTY Half Dime is in an ICG VF-30 holder and I always considered the grade to be reasonable. It looks to me like your coin should be graded a couple notches higher than mine. I was told the weakness on the reverse of my coin was due to die damage and most examples show this effect. Interestingly, your 1805 also has somewhat similar areas of weakness on the reverse.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
I see you posted the grade of PCGS VF35 and that grade does sound conservative. I would have guessed XF for sure, probably XF45.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1499 Posts |
There are a couple of factors at work on my 1805 Half Dime. It was graded almost 20 years ago, and it is in a green label PCGS holder. A fair number of green label holder coins are conservatively graded, and the green label is a selling point for some people. There is such a thing as "grade-flation." |
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