1795 HALF DIME -
VALENTINE 4
Rarity: ScarceVariety Equivalents:
Logan-McCloskey 10
Notes:
This was the only use of the
obverse die.
This was the only use of the
reverse die.
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if this coin is available in our
inventory
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Images courtesy of Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Significant
examples:
NGC MS-64. Ex Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s January 2000 "FUN" sale, Lot 6536
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-65. Ex
- Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction,
May 25-27, 2003, Lot 2312, sold for $77,625.00
About Uncirculated-58
(illustrated below). Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000" Sale,
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5474, plated, sold for $2,875.00
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot
545, "Valentine-4, Logan McClosky-10. Rarity 4...Early
die state," illustrated, sold for $3,335.00
PCGS AU-55
(illustrated below). Ex -
Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.s' "Benson II" sale, February 18-19,
2002, Lot 334, illustrated, sold for $4,427.00
AU-55. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson
Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 1539,
"Valentine-4a, LM-10, Rarity-3", illustrated, sold for
$4,140.00
"AU-55" (illustrated
above). Ex - James Macallister on April 3, 1944 for $15.00 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.s' "Benson II" sale, February 18-19,
2002, Lot 335, illustrated, sold for $2,645.00
AU-50. Ex - Heritage's "Long Beach Signature Sale",
May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5521, "Field Tooled, Cleaned,
LM-10", plated, sold for $1,092.50 Ex- Springfield Collection (Bowers & Ruddy,
9/81), lot 95; from the Collection of Dr. Joseph M. Seventko
PCGS EF-40. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001,
Lot 1457, "V-4, LM-10" sold for $1,955.00
PCI VF-35. Ex -
Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s
"Benson Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot
1538, "Valentine-4, LM-10, Rarity-3", illustrated, not
sold
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
"Federal Half
Dimes 1792-1837" by Russell J. Logan and John W. McCloskey
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