1852-O HALF DIME
PCGS No: 4350
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 260,000
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:
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Superior
Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 2332,
sold for $5,060.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August
6-7, 2000, Lot 6860, not illustrated, sold for $3,047.50
MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 557 at $6,325.00 From the sale of the
Matt Rothert Collection, November 1973, Lot 67
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 558 at $805.00 From the Stack's sale of
the Robinson Collection, February 1982, Lot 862
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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