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1830 H10C V-13, LM-5, R.7. MS65 NGC. The Finest Known 1830[H10C] V-13, LM-5, R.7. Reiver state b. MS

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1830 H10C V-13, LM-5, R.7. MS65 NGC. The Finest Known 1830[H10C] V-13, LM-5, R.7. Reiver state b. MS
<B>1830<H10C> V-13, LM-5, R.7. Reiver state b. MS65 NGC. The Finest Known and Discovery Coin.</B></I> Here is one of the highlights of this extensive variety collection. The obverse has a full rim cud nearly touching star five and covers three points of star six. Frosty luster in the fields, fairly well struck at the rims, but weaker at the centers. Toned with dark peripheral gold and russet on the obverse and reverse.<BR> This obverse had developed a thin die crack down from the rim through Liberty's cap deep into her hair on a previous die pairing. A new reverse was mated with this obverse and more coins were struck, but with this die pairing the obverse quickly failed with a die crack through stars five and six, which soon became the full cud seen here. So far as is known, this is the only specimen to show the full cud on the obverse, and may be the only example that was struck and survived. Importantly, the coin is a full Gem and as nice as any collector could hope to find. All too often, great rarities or terminal die states are found in very low grades or with outright damage. The present specimen clearly shows that the section of the die near stars five to six has indeed fallen clear out of the die as no definition from the dentils or field is present. On most late die states, the evidence needed to determine if the coin displays a retained cud or a full cud is worn away by circulation.<BR> The present specimen was discovered by Dr. Eric Gutscher in 1983 after being sent to him by Jonathan Kern, as Kern was unable to find a match to the present variety in the Valentine book. Gutscher confirmed that Kern indeed had a new variety, and the coin ended up in the Reiver collection. Since publication of this new variety in 1986 by the ANS in an article by David J. Davis entitled <I>New Varieties of Early Half Dimes</B></I> few have been found. The 2001 JRCS half dime census published in late 2001 noted that a scant 6 were known, and the other five examples were in grades of AU55 down to G6. Certain to be one of the most fought over coins in the entire collection.<BR><I>Ex: Jonathan Kern; Dr. Eric Gutscher (March, 1983).</B></I> Envelope Included.