1829 Capped Bust Half Dime. LM-16.2, B-14. Rarity-2. MS-66 (NGC).

1829 Capped Bust Half Dime. LM-16.2, B-14. Rarity-2. MS-66 (NGC). A lovely and conditionally rare example of this historic half dime issue - the first half dime struck since 1805 and the first issue in the Capped Bust series, thus the 1829 is very popular for type purposes. Fortunately, enough examples were set aside at the time of production or otherwise managed to survive without seeing commercial use that acquiring an Uncirculated coin in grades through MS-64 should prove relatively easy under normal market conditions. Gems in MS-65 are scarce, however, while in the finest Mint State grades the conditionally challenging nature of the 1829 comes to the fore. The luster is full on this delightful NGC MS-66 example, an otherwise frosty texture yielding to modest semi-reflective qualities in the fields as the coin rotates into direct lighting. The obverse is dressed in mottled toning of exceptionally vivid reddish-rose and steel-blue iridescence, the reverse with mottled cobalt blue and russet peripheral iridescence around a brilliant center. A fully struck, expertly preserved Gem that is seemingly earmarked for inclusion in a high grade type set. NGC Census (all die marriages of the issue): 27; 7 finer (MS-67 * finest). PCGS# 38634. BASE PCGS# 4276. NGC ID: 232B. Click here for certification details from NGC.

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