Was wondering, cause I recently bought a 1853 Arrows Seated Half Dime, which I believe it to have 1.24 grams of PURE silver. (I think its 1.34 grams of pure silver it it had no arrows) So, my question is how much does my seated half dime have in comparision to troy oz? Such as 0.77344 troy oz, because im making a Investment Chart of all thee coins I ever bought/inherited/coinrollhunted and talling how much I paid for the coin and what its real value is. No pictures, sorry a friend of mine is borrowing my camera, and I did some research and it shows the letters "BERTY" in Liberty, so I graded it VG-10, and i paid 8.50 for it cause i had some minor black spots on the reverse. Thanks, xGAJx
One website(cointrackers) says it contains 0.0723 troy oz silver, which sounds about right.. But the value they put is absurd. They say its worth 57 in the most poor poor condition. I just want to be sure, that pricing is completely absurd right?
The best way to get a price for something like that is to go on eBay, and search for coins in similar condition to the one you have, then subtract listing fees and 13% for final value fee and you have an approximate price for your coin.
I am not going to bother checking for myself, but I am having a hard time believing that anyone quotes that much for this coin in the "most poor poor" condition. I would also caution against generically pricing to completed ebay auctions of coins in your claimed grade; while this is a very common coin, it is even more common with problems. It is quite easy to find such coins at what may seem like "low" prices, so don't count your "profit" until you know what you really have.
http://www.coinnews.net/tools/automated-silver-coin-valuator/ it may not work for your half dime, but it'll help with any standard silver coin
Hobo, the Red Book only specifies that it is 90% silver and 10% copper....no weight for the silver content. Even for the dimes of that period, no weight of the silver content is specified until the Barber dimes beginning in 1892. Chris
Chris, as I had stated, the Red Book lists the weight of an 1853 w/ arrows Half Dime at 2.49g and 90% silver
Unless there is a typo in my 2013 Red Book, it lists these stats: Liberty Seated Half Dime 1837-1873, Variety 1: 1.34 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1837-1853, Variety 2: 1.34 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1853-1855, Variety 3: 1.24 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1856-1859, Variety 2 Resumed: 1.24 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1860-1873, Variety 4: 1.24 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper Liberty Seated Dime 1837-1838, Variety 1: 2.67 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1838-1853, Variety 2: 2.67 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1853-1855, Variety 3: 2.49 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1856-1860, Variety 2 Resumed: 2.49 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1860-1873, Variety 4: 2.49 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1873-1874, Variety 5: 2.50 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper 1875-1891, Variety 4 Resumed: 2.50 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper Barber or Liberty Head Dime 1892-1916: 2.50 gms, .900 silver, .100 copper, .07234 oz. pure silver Since the coin in question is an 1853 Variety 3 (w/Arrows), it weighs 1.24 gms. You can approximate the weight of the silver as follows: 1.24:X = 2.50:.07234 1.24 times .07234 divided by 2.50 = X .0897016 divided by 2.50 = .0358806 So, the approximate weight of the silver is .03588 oz. Chris
My Redbook shows the weight of a 1853 arrows half dime as 1.24 grams of 900 fine silver so pure silver weight is 1.12 grams (1.24 X .9) or .036 troy oz. (1.12 grams / 31.1 grams)
