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Early Half Dimes
1792 H10C Half Disme, Judd-7, Pollock-7, R.4 -- Holed -- PCGS Genuine. VG Details. The 1792 half disme is a monumentally important offering in any grade, being one of the first coins struck under federal authority after the passage of the Mint Act of April 2, 1792. With the 2017 publication of 1792: Birth of a Nation's Coinage by Smith, Orosz, and Augsburger, much has been done to clarify the circumstances under which the coins were struck and distributed, first in July 1792 and then again in October that year. The authors also include a detailed census for the 1792 half disme with 169 individual pieces. This distinctive example is not part of that list. It has a sizeable hole over the B in LIB and the adjacent period on the obverse, obscuring the O in OF on the reverse. Detail is otherwise good for the grade. Liberty's portrait and the date are bold, as are the legends on that side. The reverse is somewhat less defined with a die bulge in the right field, as seen on late-stage Period One coins. Blue, lavender, and gold patina covers marks and scratches on each side, except for two prominent ones below AM. A series of of small planchet flaws cut across the eagle's head.
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1792 H10C Half Disme, Judd-7, Pollock-7, R.4 -- Holed -- PCGS Genuine. VG Details. The 1792 half disme is a monumentally important offering in any grade, being one of the first coins struck under federal authority after the passage of the Mint Act of April 2, 1792. With the 2017 publication of 1792: Birth of a Nation's Coinage by Smith, Orosz, and Augsburger, much has been done to clarify the circumstances under which the coins were struck and distributed, first in July 1792 and then again in October that year. The authors also include a detailed census for the 1792 half disme with 169 individual pieces. This distinctive example is not part of that list. It has a sizeable hole over the B in LIB and the adjacent period on the obverse, obscuring the O in OF on the reverse. Detail is otherwise good for the grade. Liberty's portrait and the date are bold, as are the legends on that side. The reverse is somewhat less defined with a die bulge in the right field, as seen on late-stage Period One coins. Blue, lavender, and gold patina covers marks and scratches on each side, except for two prominent ones below AM. A series of of small planchet flaws cut across the eagle's head.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/early-half-dimes/1792-h10c-half-disme-judd-7-pollock-7-r4-holed-pcgs-genuine-vg-details/a/1373-3021.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-USCoins-1373-03282024
HID02906262019
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