Sandon's Incidental Type Set
H10c SEATED LIBERTY, NO DRAPERY (1838-40)

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: HALF DIMES - SEATED LIBERTY
Item Description: H10C 1838 LARGE STARS
Full Grade: PCGS MS 65
Owner: Sandon

Set Details

Custom Sets: This coin is not in any custom sets.
Competitive Sets: Sandon's Certified Seated Half Dimes   Score: 2495
Sandon's Incidental Type Set   Score: 2910
Sandon's Incidental Type Set Including Modern Issues   Score: 2910
Sandon's Nineteenth Century Circulating Issue Type Set   Score: 2910
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Seated Liberty Half Dimes (1837-1873)

Owner Comments:

This is a beautiful, sharply struck and minimally blemished specimen of this "no drapery" issue that I purchased at an online auction in March 2021. The coin appears to have been struck ever so slightly off center to the right and shows a broader rim on the left side. Photos courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.

The "no stars" and "no drapery from elbow" issues feature the original engravings by Christian Gobrecht with many fine differences in the design from the later "with drapery" issues, such as a slanted shield on the obverse and closed buds on the reverse. The later stars obverse, with drapery issues had a reworked design by one Robert Ball Hughes and include such changes as an upright shield and heavier drapery on the obverse that extends to Liberty's elbow, as well as open buds on the reverse.

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