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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4873544, member: 101855"]I don't have as many insights as you might think. I attribute all of the coins I have by die variety, but my collection is based upon what is covered in <u>The Red Book.</u> There might be be a few die variety collectors out there, but there can't be many. It seems that a lot of collectors who would have the cash to collect early half dimes by variety don't like them because they are "too small."</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 14 known varieites of the 1794-5 half dimes. The 1794 varieties have two scarce to rare ones and two scarcer than average pieces (R-3 or R-4). The 1795 half dime is the most common date in the early series (1792 - 1805), but there are 10 varieties. Most of them are LM numbers 8, 9 and 10. It's possilbe to find the others because most people don't attribure them, but they are expesive regardless of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can be happy that you own a rare die combination, but finding the collector who will pay for that might be rarer than the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far as the grade goes, I'd say yes, the coin is an EF, looking at the reverse, but the obverse is the more important side with respect to the grade, and it has a VF look to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4873544, member: 101855"]I don't have as many insights as you might think. I attribute all of the coins I have by die variety, but my collection is based upon what is covered in [U]The Red Book.[/U] There might be be a few die variety collectors out there, but there can't be many. It seems that a lot of collectors who would have the cash to collect early half dimes by variety don't like them because they are "too small." There are 14 known varieites of the 1794-5 half dimes. The 1794 varieties have two scarce to rare ones and two scarcer than average pieces (R-3 or R-4). The 1795 half dime is the most common date in the early series (1792 - 1805), but there are 10 varieties. Most of them are LM numbers 8, 9 and 10. It's possilbe to find the others because most people don't attribure them, but they are expesive regardless of that. You can be happy that you own a rare die combination, but finding the collector who will pay for that might be rarer than the coin. So far as the grade goes, I'd say yes, the coin is an EF, looking at the reverse, but the obverse is the more important side with respect to the grade, and it has a VF look to it.[/QUOTE]
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