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<p>[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 3256394, member: 19250"]Any half dime struck 1863-1868 are very hard to find peroid! In any condition ....</p><p>The mintages from 1863-1868 total mintage for 5 years is 185,000 strikes from Philly, there of course none from New Orleans, and San Francisco 850,000 for the 5 years,and only 3,380 proofs for the same peroid. So in those 5 years only 1,038,380.00</p><p>Half dimes were struck ,in 1839 there were 1,069,150 struck alone in Philadelphia!</p><p>Even at large shows like Whitman in Baltimore half dimes in general are hard to find..true years of over a million minted can be found but in conditions above xf. Are few to none, add a mint mark slimmer, and key dates,are next to impossible.</p><p>Dates in the mid 1850's yes you do run across some in better grades ,as for others no. I know 30 dealers here ,and when ever any one of them come across a half dime I get a call...or called over to their table at a show.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 3256394, member: 19250"]Any half dime struck 1863-1868 are very hard to find peroid! In any condition .... The mintages from 1863-1868 total mintage for 5 years is 185,000 strikes from Philly, there of course none from New Orleans, and San Francisco 850,000 for the 5 years,and only 3,380 proofs for the same peroid. So in those 5 years only 1,038,380.00 Half dimes were struck ,in 1839 there were 1,069,150 struck alone in Philadelphia! Even at large shows like Whitman in Baltimore half dimes in general are hard to find..true years of over a million minted can be found but in conditions above xf. Are few to none, add a mint mark slimmer, and key dates,are next to impossible. Dates in the mid 1850's yes you do run across some in better grades ,as for others no. I know 30 dealers here ,and when ever any one of them come across a half dime I get a call...or called over to their table at a show.[/QUOTE]
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