1853 HALF DIME -
ARROWHEADS AT DATE
(see also
1853 Half Dime - No Arrowheads at Date)
PCGS No: 4356
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 13,210,020
Proofs: estimated 5
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: ±19
grains (±1.2 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia) below DIME on the reverse
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Image courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-65 (illustrated above).
Ex - Superior Galleries "The ANA 2001
National Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 165, sold for $1,207.50
NGC MS-64. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000
Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 6865, not illustrated, sold for
$373.75
PCGS MS-64. Ex- Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot
6105, not plated, sold for $345.00
NGC MS-63. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000
Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 6864, not illustrated, sold for
$184.00
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's
"The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 290, sold for $201.25
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame
Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 290, not plated, sold for $230.00
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000
Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 6863, not illustrated, sold for
$161.00
Brilliant Uncirculated, nearly Choice. Ex -
Stack's "The Marvin Taichert Collection of U.S. Type Coins", May 9, 2001,
Lot 89, plated, sold for $345.00 Ex Stack's sale of May 6, 1965, lot
456
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October
17-19, 2000, Lot 448, not plated, sold for $126.50
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex
- Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 449, not
plated, sold for $143.75
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-67's.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The Professional Coin
Grading Service
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