A survey of 19th century business strike coin
H10C SEATED LIBERTY, NO STARS (1837-1838)

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: HALF DIMES - SEATED LIBERTY
Item Description: H10C 1837 SEATED
Full Grade: NGC MS 66
Owner: BillJones

Set Details

Custom Sets: This coin is not in any custom sets.
Competitive Sets: Bill Jones' Type Set Excluding Modern Issues   Score: 3675
Bill Jones' Type Set   Score: 3675
Bill Jones' Basic Type set   Score: 3675
Bill's Half Dime Type Set   Score: 3675
Biill Jones Basic Type set with out gold   Score: 3675
A survey of 19th century business strike coin   Score: 3675
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Seated Liberty Half Dimes (1837-1873)

Owner Comments:

Christian Gobrecht patterned the 1837-8 No Stars half dime and dime directly after his first design for the silver dollar. The motif without stars has a cameo look to it, and the design is clean and uncluttered. The strikes were also quite sharp. When the powers at be decided to add stars and then a drapery the beauty of the coin was never the same.

The coin pictured above is a very sharp, virtually mark free example with undipped surfaces. The luster under the toning is quite stong.

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