Rare for me: Showing off a new purchase, and a new scan of an old purchase!

Unfortunatly, however, it's a scan. I'm still working on the pictures and can't master anything smaller than a quarter, yet.


The die is NOT rotated, I just didn't scan it correctly. Oops!

Many years ago I was given an 1853 dime by a friend. I saw this 1853 half dime for sale yesterday and when I found it it was in my price range, I brought it home.

This is only my second half dime! Purchased two days short of two years after my first, at that.


Ahh, what the heck, here's another. This isn't exactly a new purchase (I got it at CoinFest last October, from Larry/SeaEagleCoins) but the scan is new.

This is the ideal look I go for in classic circulated coins. One of only three Barber quarters in my collection!

Thanks for looking

 

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Too good honest coins.
Thanks for sharing them.

 

Great coins Bill. I love those old seated half dimes.
Guy~

 

Sweet barber. Thanks for sharing.

 

Nice coins, Billy! That Barber has the look I like in circulated silver too. Half dimes are a challenge to image, but yours looks nice.

 

Very nice. I love a coin that's been used for its intended purpose.

 

Man, I gotsta get me a half dime or two, I do have some canadian ones but no Merican ones.

 

Sweet dimes Billy and your scans and photos ain't to shabby either.
This is where a picture is worth a thosand words

 

Nice additions.

 

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks guys!!

I have always said that history is what drives me to collect...and I prefer the coins that actually made that history! An uncirculated is nice (and I do have some in my collection) but they just don't hold the allure that a classic circulated coin has, to me.