1801 HALF DIME
PCGS No: 4267
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 27,760
Proofs: None
Designer: Robert Scot
(based on a design by Gilbert Stuart)
Diameter: ±16.5
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - ±89.2%
Copper - ±10.8%
Weight: ±21 grains
(±1.3 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (all examples of
this date and type were struck at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Images courtesy of R.M.
Smythe
Varieties
(2):
Valentine
1 - Very Scarce
Valentine 2 - same as Valentine 1
(Valentine 3) - Extremely Rare
Significant
examples:
PCGS AU-55 (illustrated
above). Ex - R.M. Smythe "Nebraska Part IV", November 17, 2000, Lot
1126
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
"Federal Half
Dimes 1792-1837" by Russell J. Logan and John W. McCloskey
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