Half Dimes Milestone!

Today I purchased the last Half Dime obverse type I needed for my Liberty Seated type set. It is an NGC AU-58 1861 Legend obverse. There are five major obverse types for the Half Dimes, no stars, no drapery; with stars, no drapery; with stars and drapery; arrows at date; and legend on obverse.

The ultimate goal is an all AU type set of Liberty Seated coinage from Half Dimes through dollars.

Here they are in sequence by the types listed above

1837 No Stars, No Drapery at elbow AU-50



1838 Stars, No Drapery at elbow AU-50



1857 Stars, with Drapery at elbow AU-58



1854 Arrows at date AU-50



1861 Legend on obverse AU-58



Only two major reverse types for the Half Dimes, legend and no legend. That is if the mint mark below bow for 1870-72 isn't considered a major type. I have an 1855-O for my legend on reverse type and the mint mark is above the bow where it was located for most of the series and if I get an example of a mint mark below the bow then I can have the no legend on the reverse and a mint mark below the bow in one coin and that will let me use the money saved from having to have two without the legend on the reverse Half Dimes to put toward another coin in the series.

Ed
ANA LM-3175