What do you grade it?

Hey @Paddy54

 

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The half dimes are so small, is there any safe conservation method?

 

A very nice 1836 bust H-10 as to grade something between Xf-45 and Au.
The reasoning for such a spread is I would need to examine in hand to make a solid call.
It's has old album toning and would be more than welcome in my collection of bust H-10's. Genuine yes 100% and looks to be a nice variety to boot from my first glance.
I will try and do the die marriages on it later on this afternoon . Love the clashes and actually the color very natural from where it spent some time an old album.
In its condition these are becoming more rare.... I strive for xf and above .....and yet finding some varieties I need the bar needs to be lowered . You just don't find them....and when you do you ask yourself can I live with a detailed coin for the sake of the date or variety . I will pull up the marriage in a few.... sweet coin.

 

AU-50 for me. Lovely example.

 

Correct it's an obv. 3 , rev. HH R-2 LM-5
Heavy repunched N -1 , & recut stars 1,11,&12
Nice pick up

 

I'm cheerfully on board with AU50. The weakness in the horizontal bars of the shield is characteristic and shouldn't lead one astray when grading. Understanding that I'm not currently capable of displaying my monitor's native resolution (long story), I'm seeing a rather nice original sorta-Circulation Cameo which I'd personally be happy to throw money at as the resident Bust Half Dime in an AU typeset.

 

Paddy, what do you call that obv. 3?

 

I would leave it be also.

 

There are 4 obv. Dies for the 1836 H-10 so out of the 4 it's an #3. There's 6 possible rev dies used for the 1836 the reverse die is an HH . Hope this explains Jerry

 

You are (IMO) the H-10C "go to guy"!

 

I wouldn't try any type of cleaning or dipping. The surfaces do appears to have been lightly cleaned and retoned at some point from the image. An in hand look would be a better call if it was. I wouldn't want to try to improve what age has done to its patina.

 

No Jerry just someone who loves the series and loves to research them....no expert . As we all know even experts can and have been wrong from time to time.

 

It's the same method as any other coin. As conservation goes, size doesn't matter. That felt strange saying.

 

I think a TPG would net it as either XF45 or AU50 - I don't think the underlying surface is damaged, but that's some deep toning, fer sher.

 

Well, what I meant was, there is so much less material to work with at 1.35 grams,
would you drastically scale down the amounts of acetone that you would use on such a small amount of silver/copper?

 

I'm at 45. Love the clash. Nice coin.

 

Im in agreement w this old fogey, some sort of environmental type issue, i would feel better about the assessment if i was looking at the die characteristics over on said website, i guess im too much of a lazy drunk to go look

 

XF40, and I wouldn't call it dirty, just toned naturally. Leave it alone is my advice if you're thinking of cleaning it.

 

I think AU50-53, looks nice and original. I usually give raw, circ new purchases an acetone bath to remove contaminants, pvc, finger grease etc. It can't hurt and I have yet to see it change a coin's look (unless there was pvc). Cleaning is completely different and destructive.

 

I gave it an acetone bath and re-photographed it. It was mailed to PCGS this morning. I'll let you know what it graded in a few weeks.