1995

1803 H10C Small 8 VF Details, Improperly Cleaned NCS 1803[H10C] Small 8 VF Details, Improperly Clean

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1803 H10C Small 8 VF Details, Improperly Cleaned NCS 1803[H10C] Small 8 VF Details, Improperly Clean
<B>1803<H10C> Small 8 VF Details, Improperly Cleaned NCS.</B></I> V-3, LM-1, R.6. This is the rare Small 8 variety, one of just 20 to 25 examples known, and as such it is actually rarer than the 1802 Half Dime. The example offered here is a late die state with the obverse cracked from the bottom of B to the hair, bulged at star 8 to the right of Y, broken from the bust tip to border right of the digit 3, and broken along the reverse rim over E1 as on examples of 1801 and 1802 from this same reverse die. The surfaces of this example show minor roughness and faint scratches beneath pleasing pale gray and light blue color. This is a wonderful example of the variety, and it may qualify among the finest half dozen examples known.<BR><I>From the Hoke S. Green Sale (Bowers and Merena, 6/1985), lot 609.</B></I><BR><I>From The William A. Harmon Collection of United States Half Dimes.</B></I>