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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 1258802, member: 28550&quot;]I recently got an 1837 capped bust half dime. It&#039;s a filler grade piece for my type set, and this is a single year type - the last year the Bust Half Dimes were made, and the only 90% silver capped bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought it impulsively, and only after I had it at home did I do some research and find out that there are 5 different types. Do we have any resident experts who can explain the difference to me? </p><p><br /></p><p>from <a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/half_dimes/capped_bust_half_dimes/1837_half_dime.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/half_dimes/capped_bust_half_dimes/1837_half_dime.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/half_dimes/capped_bust_half_dimes/1837_half_dime.htm</a></p><p>&quot;<font face="Verdana">[SIZE=-1]<b>Varieties (5):</b></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b>LM-1 - Very Common</font></p><p><font face="Verdana">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LM-2 - Rare</font></p><p><font face="Verdana">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LM-3 - Very Rare</font></p><p><font face="Verdana">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LM-4 - Scarce</font></p><p><font face="Verdana">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LM-5 - Very Common&quot;</font></p><p><font face="Verdana">6th variety: Small &quot;5c&quot;</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">The coin facts wiki has pictures of some of the varieties, but I&#039;m not picking up on the differences (other than the small vs big 5c, which the Wiki made very clear - I&#039;m pretty sure my coin is a large 5):</font></p><p><font face="Verdana">[/SIZE]</font>http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Capped_Bust_Half_Dime_%281829-1837%29<font face="Verdana">[SIZE=-1]</font></p><p><font face="Verdana">[/SIZE]</font></p><p>I took some high resolution pictures, but focusing on such a small coin is tricky with my camera (and I would grade this as VG8-F12 so there isn&#039;t a lot of detail to focus on). If these are no good, I would be happy to take new photos:</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109363117/sizes/o/in/photostream/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109363117/sizes/o/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109363117/sizes/o/in/photostream/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109369173/sizes/o/in/photostream/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109369173/sizes/o/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109369173/sizes/o/in/photostream/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109906612/sizes/o/in/photostream/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109906612/sizes/o/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109906612/sizes/o/in/photostream/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109912818/sizes/l/in/photostream/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109912818/sizes/l/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/6109912818/sizes/l/in/photostream/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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