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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 24481505, member: 101855&quot;]The second set of photos reveal that the 1795 half is a Mint State piece. The technical grade would be in the MS-64 range, going more by the obverse than the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector and a dealer, for that matter, I would be reluctant to pay strong Mint State money for it. The adjustment marks in the reverse would bug me, but the missing stars on the obverse would really bother me. Since better struck pieces are available without a lot of looking I would pass. </p><p><br /></p><p>The issue was with the thinness of the planchette in that area when the coin was struck. The weight adjustment from the adjustment marks caused the flan to be too thin, and there was not enough metal to fill the dies. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a date, the 1795 half dime is the most common piece in the 1792 to 1805 group. There are 10 die varieties, and some of them are quite rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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