1866 HALF DIME
PCGS Nos: 4388, 4449, 84449,
94449
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 10,000
Proofs: 725
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball
Hughes, modified by James B. Longacre; Reverse by James B. Longacre
Diameter: ±15.9
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±19
grains (±1.2 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below DIME on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
NGC
Proof-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 565
at $414.00
NGC Proof-63. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M.
LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 1481 sold for $414.00
NGC MS-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June
28-29, 2001, Lot 249, illustrated, sold for $2,300.00
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000
Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 6906, not illustrated, sold for
$805.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-67's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-67's.
The finest Proof Cameo examples graded by PCGS are 2 PRCA-64's.
The finest Proof Deep Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PRDC-65.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The Professional Coin
Grading Service
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