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This 1861 dollar has some really nice bluish tones.

 

Here's a "With Arrows" half dime.



And here is an 1859 half dime. No one recognizes these coins as a separate type, but note the stars on the obverse. They have hollow centers.



The dies were by Anthony Paquet. He designed and made the dies for a lot of nice mint medals, but whenever he tried to make coin dies, he got into the trouble. His most famous creation was the reverse for a very few 1861 $20 gold pieces. The Philadelphia Mint Paquet reverse coins were almost all recalled, but about 100 of them got out of the San Francisco Mint.

This was the last year for the "Stars obverse" half dime.

And yes, this little coin is raw. I bought it "on the cheap" many years ago because of the story I told you here.

 

Here's my Paquet half dime. He designed the half dime obverse only for the Philly only issue of 1859 and some 1860 transitional issues. The most readily noticeable difference between the Paquet obverse and the traditional design is Liberty's hand on the pole. Her fingers are tucked. The traditional design has her index finger visible and upright along the pole.

 

Tougher than usual date. Especially in better grade (62 cac)

 

Ok, I want to thank "all y'all" that have posted on this thread. I've enjoyed each and every one of your posts. I've seen some absolutely beautiful coins (which I am very happy to see), and I've seen some that are circulated, but still great coins. And, I've seen a few that are similar to mine, "rode hard, and put up wet" (it's another of those country sayings, lol). But, I've enjoyed them all! I counted and I have 29 Seated coins, from half Dimes through Silver Dollars. That surprised me, that I had that many. Well y'all have seen a few of my "rough" ones. These are probably my best ones. They're still not great, but I'm thrilled to have them. I'm old and wrinkled, guess my coins might as well be, too? I love your uncirculated coins, but I don't envy any of them. I'm glad you have them, I'm glad I've got mine. I am extremely blessed, and I'm glad that you are, too. So, a few of my "better, rough" coins. Please keep posting yours, I love seeing them.