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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bikergeek, post: 8214776, member: 112428&quot;][USER=114853]@AirborneReams[/USER], I saw your post when it was new but I wanted to wait until the final chapter was written on this 1833 half dime&#039;s story before I replied. I was the &quot;eagle eye,&quot; but I also had some confirmation from a super-expert. The scruffy raw 1833 half dime is an 1833 LM-3.5. It also has the early (retained) form of the cud over NITE. The John Reich Collectors Society (JRCS) identifies this remarriage as an R7 (rarity 7 on the Sheldon scale, estimated 4-12 pieces extant). Once you identify the obverse and reverse and know that you&#039;ve got an LM-3.x remarriage, you can look at the Logan McCloskey book, p 73 (remarriage chart for Reverse T). For that workhorse die, the 12th use was on 1832 LM-8.5, where the serifs on IT become solid. When it progresses to its 13th and final use on 1833 LM-3.5, you see that dramatic break at NITE and the cud becomes complete, at which time the die is retired.</p><p><br /></p><p>I spotted the remarriage, and felt like it was one I wanted for my set even though I figured PCGS would put a Details-Scratched slab on it. However, I was delighted to see that they felt like its condition was market acceptable as a straight-graded VF35 coin. Images below, just to share the sheer joy I&#039;m experiencing! I&#039;d link you to the True View images, but they haven&#039;t even posted those yet; their photo department has &quot;up to 30 days after the coins are returned&quot; to post the images. Quite a backlog. Anyway, I apologize in advance for uploading huge images - I am too n00b to know how to trim them down.</p><p><br /></p><p>TL;DR-I bought a rare &quot;details&quot; coin but it&#039;s now my set piece for the remarriage.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441832[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441830[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1441831[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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