Lot 385
1848 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Large date. PCGS graded EF-40. Toned with deep golden yellow around the edges, lighter at the centers from long National Pages storage. The dime date punch was used on this half dime obverse, with the relatively huge digits all well into the base. This is one of the scarcer varieties of the year. One minor scrape just below the left end of the wreath.
Estimated Value $80 - 100.
From the Benson collection and purchased from J. G. Macallister in a large group of half dimes on November 7, 1944 for $80.00.
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| Realized $98 |
