Can anyone recommend good book for Bust dime JR and half dime LM numbers?

Can anyone tell me the best resources with for attributing JR numbers on bust dimes and LM numbers on Half dimes? I would prefer something with alot of pics and easier to attribute if one exists.

For quarter Browning numbers I just picked up the book "Early Quarter Dollars Of the United States Mint" and it was so highly detailed and easy to use (well worth the $100 price tag!). If there is a similar quality book for dimes/half dimes I would be especially interested. Thanks as always for all your help!

 

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I can only speak about the half dimes.
The definitive book is Federal Half Dimes/1792-1837 by Logan and McCloskey (hence the LM).
But it's OOP and thus pricy; I think I paid $70 for mine.

 

Likewise there is only one book on the bust dimes Early United States Dimes, 1796-1837: A Reference Book of Their Types, Varieties, and Rarity by David Davis, Allen Lovejoy and William Subjack Even longer out of print and it makes the half dime and bust quarter books look inexpensive I've seen it quoted as high as $400. There are currently three used ones on Amazon from $254 to $429.

 

Auction Catalogs are also a very good reference for the advanced collector. This is a list compiled by another collector, on another forum. It does include more than bust half dimes though. I do not currently have a list for dimes, it is a work in progress.

Significant half dime auction sales 1883 - present
Harold P. Newlin sale, John Hazeltine. April 10, 1883
Unnamed Auction, J. C. Morgenthau. January 27, 1943
F. C. C. Boyd Collection “World’s Greatest Collection Pt. IV & V”, Numismatic Gallery. May 11-12, 1945
Cutler Atwater Collection, B. Max Mehl. June 11, 1946
Will W. Neil Collection, B. Max Mahl. June 17, 1947
Anderson Dupont Collection II, Stack’s. November 11 – 13, 1954
T. James Clarke Collection, New Netherlands. April 19-20, 1956
Maj. Lenox R. Lohr Collection, Stack’s. October 24, 1956
Futter Collection, Stack’s. May 25, 1957
“Empire” Collection (Charles Cass), Stack’s. November 12-15, 1957
Elliot Landau Collection, New Netherlands. December 13, 1958
T. K. Harvin Collection, Stack’s. June 19-20, 1959
Milton A. Holmes Collection, Stack’s. October 5-8, 1960
R. E. Cox Collection, Stack’s. April 26-28, 1962
Samuel W. Wolfsen Collection II, Stack’s. May 3-4, 1963
Unnamed Collection, New Netherlands #57. December 10-11, 1963
Unnamed Collection, Lester Merkin. December 19, 1966
Unnamed Collection, Lester Merkin. September 16, 1968
R. L. Miles Collection II, Stack’s. April 10-12, 1969
Dr. Calvert Emmons Collection, Stack’s. September 19-20, 1969
Dr. Black Collection, New Netherlands. June 30, 1970
Reed Hawn Collection, Stack’s. August 28-29, 1973
Dr. W. E. Caldwell Collection, Bowers & Ruddy. November 16-17, 1973
Harley L. Freeman Collection, RARCOA. May 13-15, 1977
Fraser Collection, Stack’s. March 17-18, 1978
Harold L. Bareford Collection, Stack’s. October 22-23, 1981
Robison Collection, Stack’s. February 10-13, 1982
Dr. Stuart C. Levine Collection, Bowers & Merena. April 10-11, 1986
Dr. Eric Gutscher Collection, Stack’s Coin Galleries. July 18, 1990
Russell J. Logan Collection, Bowers & Merena. November 6-9, 2002
William A. Harmon Collection, Heritage. September 21-26, 2005
Jules Reiver Collection, Heritage. January 24-28, 2006
Russell J. Logan Duplicate Sale, Coins+. May 13, 2006

 

Auction catalogs can be a great help, but thy tend to have the problem that they don't have every variety (Some sales of advanced collections come close), the images usually aren't large enough, and there is seldom a description of the diagnostic features. Catalogs can be great, but you usually really need the book(s) as well.

 

I agree! I was in no way insinuating that auction catalogs could or should replace books, just that that can also be great references.

 

Thank you very much. I went ahead and picked up the $254 one on Amazon. You have all been a big help.

 

what are the numbers for

 

Just picked up a copy of this one too. Thank you both again!

@ enochian

The numbers are cataloged die varieties. Early type coinage is very collectable by die state and pairings and numbers are given to each variety. LM stands for the author Logan and McClosky for example. Then the following numbers are the variety for the year.

 

thanks thats intresting

 

Here is a forthcoming option for the dimes.

http://jrcs.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=74a0e3c37d154d935bdeb2daf&id=028854736e&e=e7801fea5e

 

I HOPE I remember that one at the show.

 

But how can I reach them to order one so I can pick it up at the show? (In case they sell out before I get there! )