1862 Seated Half Dime

Today I drove up some 70 miles to a coin show in Hagerstown Maryland. It was a very pleasant drive up up to the mountains. What made it even more pleasant was some of the coins I manage to score today. I only purchased 3 a total of 10.5 cents. I got home not long ago and decided to scope out my finds. Here's the first find a very nice Au + 1862 Seated Liberty half dime. It's wonderful in hand I bet she go even more than Au. But wait.... there's some hidden surprises!!!! First of all the clashing on this dime is darn near perfect! Both sides....but there's more...... under the 2 in 1862 not far below it is a baby 2! yes and it's the same style 2 as the primary 2. I could not believe my eyes! OMG I love this coin!!!!

 

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Haha, weird how such small things can remind us of others.
1862 half dimes also seem to often well struck and almost proof-like, such as yours. Nice pickup.

 

Oh how did I miss the 8 in the denticals below the primary . Wow!

 

Hue can see the green on it, very beautiful (sorry, that was a poor attempt at a pun)

 

It's Nice!
I do see something in rim denticals may be 8 ? 6 or 2 . New overdates aren't out of the question.
Good score.

 

Since there's nothing on a normal coin even remotely the size of the Baby 2, where's it come from? How would it get there?

And please, everyone: D E N T I C L E S (from the Latin word for tooth).

 

I would imagine it could be a coincidental contact mark or maybe a small die dent or something.

 

So it's not really a "2" in the sense of the last digit of the date? Just a mark that happens to be 2-shaped?

 

Well explain how that mark looks and is shaped just like the 2 used in the date and has the same style type as the other twos used in the 1860's IE IHC ' S if you like I can post a 1862 IHC that has the same two.

 

And also explain how the 8 is in the denticles below the primary 8 in the date.
One other tidbit the two is raised not incuse!

 

Seated dimes and half dimes have many Rpd

If don't know what to look for I can show ya.
die dent???? Die aren't dented pitted or broken and cracked.

 

Yes, I agree, but the Baby Numbers are 1/5th the size of the real thing? I am searching for a plausible explanation.

 

Me too not trying to argue but it's there and talk about wow factor when I got home and scoped it.
I purchased this because I collect half dimes it had great eye appeal and it I told you what I paid you would ask if I held a gun on the seller. I had no idea at purchase that this was on the coin. I just liked the coin in hand it looks ms.

 

I agree with you with the repunched 8 in the denticles. That alone makes it a nice purchase. You have a great eye for these.

I personally don't think it looks EXACTLY like the 2 in the date. I offered a few possible scenarios (contact mark, die dent/other die damage, which would be raised because die dents are incuse). The real question is why in the world there would be a miniature 2, as there would be no real purpose for one. It seems illogical. Just IMO.

http://www.error-ref.com/die-dent/
http://www.vamworld.com/Pitting
http://www.error-ref.com/4880-2/

 

In hand under a loop the 2 in question looks just like this two on an 1862 IHC as well as the same type on the half dime

 

All i can say is wow! Paddy you must have the luck `o´ the irish!!!

 

Very nice coin.

 

Stunning paddy,loopy definitely likes.very nice indeed.[emoji106]

 

I also posted this over at Coneca with some newer images

 

I don't understand why there would even be a punch that small.