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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 24725108, member: 101855&quot;]Here&#039;s a &quot;With Arrows&quot; half dime. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1581871[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And here is an 1859 half dime. No one recognizes these coins as a separate type, but note the stars on the obverse. They have hollow centers. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1581872[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The dies were by Anthony Paquet. He designed and made the dies for a lot of nice mint medals, but whenever he tried to make coin dies, he got into the trouble. His most famous creation was the reverse for a very few 1861 $20 gold pieces. The Philadelphia Mint Paquet reverse coins were almost all recalled, but about 100 of them got out of the San Francisco Mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>This was the last year for the &quot;Stars obverse&quot; half dime. </p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, this little coin is raw. I bought it &quot;on the cheap&quot; many years ago because of the story I told you here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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