1838 Half Dimes
V-15 , Large Stars
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
HALF DIMES - SEATED LIBERTY |
| Item Description: |
H10C 1838 LARGE STARS |
| Full Grade: |
NGC AU 55 |
| Owner: |
Electric Peak |
Owner Comments:
NGC graded AU 55
Variety: V-12 VEDS (no rim crumbling, aka V-15 EDS)
Research by Liberty Seated Collectors Club members has shown that the V-15 variety introduced by Al Blythe is in fact, as Blythe himself suspected, an early state of the V-12 die marriage. The V-15 state does not have the cracks that are associated with V-12. Most examples have obverse rim crumbling like V-12, and have weak upper left wreath details. This coin is from an especially early state of the V-15/12 dies, without the obverse rim crumbling.
Luster: TBD
Photo credit: Electric Peak Collection