1859 H10C MS68 PCGS. CAC. V-3....

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1859 Half Dime, Impeccable MS68
One-Year Type Coin, Ex: Gardner

1859 H10C MS68 PCGS. CAC. V-3. Ex: Larry Shapiro, Gardner. The 1859 half dime was Mint Assistant Engraver Anthony Paquet's first work to reach actual production. This remodeling of Gobrecht's original design is most often noted for the hollow centers in the stars, a design element not found on any other U.S. coin. Perhaps because the figure of Liberty itself was not well-executed, or because he did not wish another engraver doing his work, Chief Engraver James Longacre remodeled the half dime again in 1860, after only 340,000 pieces of the Paquet design had been struck at the Philadelphia Mint. The uniqueness of this design earns it one-year type status, long an oversight with collectors assembling type sets.

This scintillating Superb Gem is bathed in concentric turquoise, rose-violet, and russet iridescence. Both the strike and surface quality appear to leave little room for improvement. PCGS shows five submissions in the numeric grade of MS68, of which three are Plus-graded coins; NGC reports four MS68 coins (5/15).
Ex: ANA Signature (Heritage, 4/2006), lot 366; Bowers and Merena (2/2007), lot 214.(Registry values: N1)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 233W, PCGS# 4371, Greysheet# 3786)

Weight: 1.24 grams

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper

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