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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 3123885, member: 9270&quot;]First, although there is &quot;5 C.&quot; on the reverse leading you to call it a 5 cent piece,</p><p>it is correctly called a <u>Half Dime</u>.</p><p>All silver coins of this face value are referred to as Half Dimes.</p><p>And it is part of the Capped Bust design issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I took a quick look to determine the variety.</p><p>It appears to me to be an 1836 LM-1, R-5.</p><p>The &quot;LM&quot; is from the <b>L</b>ogan/<b>M</b>cCloskey book, and the R-5 means Rarity 5 (Rare: 31-75 known).</p><p>That places it as the rarest of the the 1836 varieties.</p><p>If I&#039;m correct in my identification it&#039;s a very nice find.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see it as a late die state as shown by the metal flow lines in the outer areas.</p><p>I would tend to grade it at least VF-20.</p><p>But the cleaning puts a serious dent in its value.</p><p>Maybe somewhere in the $50-100 range.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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