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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Indianhead65, post: 540863, member: 103422&quot;]This is an interesting series as there are many date and mint mark variations and die varieties. The Half Dime is most often collected as part of a Type set and rarely ever bought with the intention of completing the entire series. The Seated Liberty Half Dime was first minted in 1837 and was designed by Christian Gobrecht. </p><p><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3348.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3348.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.coinpage.com/images/coins6/grt1018l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3349.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3349.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.coinpage.com/images/coins6/grt1019l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 1837 design featured an obverse with &quot;no stars&quot;, a depiction of &quot;Liberty&quot; seated, her left hand holding a pole holding a Liberty Cap and her right hand is holding a shield sporting horizontal and vertical lines with the word &quot;Liberty&quot; running diagonally across it. The obverse 1837 Half Dime is a one year design.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the reverse of the 1837 Half Dime is two sprays of laurel tied below with ribbon with the words &quot;Half Dime&quot; in the center. There are 14 leaves and 6 berries on each side. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are eleven different die varieties for the 1837 Half Dime, either obverse and reverse or obverse or reverse. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mintage: 1,405,000</p><p>Proofs: Est. 20</p><p>90% Silver </p><p>Dia.: 15.9 mm</p><p>The edge is reeded</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 1837 Half Dimes were only minted in Philadelphia. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the small date and large date varieties the values are very comparable, starting around $30 dollars for an example in G4 and going up between $500-600 dollars in MS60. Making this issue very affordable in any grade. </p><p>The best examples of this date in Unc. are 2 graded by PCGS as MS67, one of which sold in Oct. 2001 for $5850 dollars.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If I may be allowed, I&#039;d like to post info about a different Half Dime at random, if interest is there from the members and with the support of Doug and Peter of course.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks for reading!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Kevin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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