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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4290031, member: 101855&quot;]PCGS graded it AU-53. My take is that it has AU-58 sharpness with a 5 point deduction for the scratch on the bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few people on the PCGS board didn&#039;t like it because of the scratch. My response is, &quot;Yea, go find one with that kind of detail and strike.&quot; A fair number of the high grade ones look like the 15 star coin with weak centers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I now have all four of the known 1797 half dime varieites. There are two 16 star varieites with a different reverse. The piece I posted here was an upgrade for this one, which I didn&#039;t sell. The eagle on the reverse of this piece never has much detail. It was used on the 15 star coin I posted earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1092035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1092036[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this coin from a Maine dealer, Norm Pullen in the early 1980s. I have called it the best Fine-15 graded 1797 half dime on the planet. These coins are frequently found damaged, especially in this grade. NGC graded this one VF-20.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pullen used to run ads in &quot;Coin World.&quot; He was well-known in the New England area and used to come down for the Bay State Coin Show when it was at the Howard Johnson Hotel in Boston.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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