Eliasberg Seated Liberty Half Dimes
1859

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: HALF DIMES - SEATED LIBERTY
Item Description: H10C 1859 O
Full Grade: PCGS MS 64
Owner: Coin Trader

Set Details

Custom Sets: This Year In American History
Competitive Sets: Eliasberg Seated Liberty Half Dimes   Score: 1735
Eliasberg Half Dimes   Score: 1735
Eliasberg 1859 Mint Set   Score: 1735
CT Autobuild US Type Set 1792-1964   Score: 2029
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Seated Liberty Half Dimes (1837-1873)

Owner Comments:

Ex: Louis Eliasberg, Sr. Purchased from the Gene Gardner sale in 2015, this toned half dime is CAC approved and look nicer in hand than the Heritage Auction photo accompanying the sale. At $881.25 including buyers premium, the coin was purchased at less than half of its original sale price of $1870 (as an estimated grade of MS66) in the 1996 Eliasberg sale, where it was touted as "possibly the finest known specimen" and "a remarkable opportunity for the discerning specialist". Today the coin resides in a PCGS MS64 holder with a green CAC sticker. Having examined the coin closely, I disagree with both grades, and feel the coin is a probable MS65, or at least a PCGS 64+. She's a nice coin, certainly, but the lofty 1996 marketing of the lot as MS66 wasn't realistic then and still isn't today.

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