1850 HALF DIME
PCGS No: 4345
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 955,000
Proofs: estimated 10
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball
Hughes; Reverse by Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: ±15.9
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±20.6
grains (±1.3 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia) below DIME on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
Very Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame Sale", March
20-21, 2001, Lot 288, not plated, unsold
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame
Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 289, not plated, sold for $138.00
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 442, plated, sold for $1,121.25
PCGS MS-61. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000
Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 6855, not illustrated, sold for
$161.00
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October
17-19, 2000, Lot 443, not plated, sold for $138.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 6 MS-67's.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The Professional Coin
Grading Service
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