1851-O HALF DIME
PCGS No: 4348
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 860,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball
Hughes; Reverse by Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: ±15.9
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±20.6
grains (±1.3 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "O"
(for New Orleans, LA) below DIME on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
NGC MS-63. Ex
- Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October
26-27, 2000, Lot 556, sold for $690.00
PCGS MS-60. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000
Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 6858, not illustrated, sold for
$258.75
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October
17-19, 2000, Lot 446, not plated, sold for $161.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The Professional Coin
Grading Service
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