½ Dime - "Seated Liberty Half Dime" obverse legend

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1860-1873
Value	½ Dime = 5 Cents (0.05 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Silver (.900) (.100 copper)
Weight	1.24 g
Diameter	15.5 mm
Thickness	0.80 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 17938 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	KM# 91 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Seating Liberty, looking right above her shoulder, with a Phrygian cap on a stick and a shield, country name around her.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1860

Engraver: Christian Gobrecht

Reverse

Face value in a wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HALF DIME
O

Engraver: Christian Gobrecht

Edge

Reeded

Mints

	United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
O	United States Mint, New Orleans, United States (1835-1942)
S	United States Mint, San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

The standard weight of these coins was 19¹∕₅ grains.

These coins saw frequent circulation in Nicaragua.

1861

1872

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	Frequency
Undetermined
1860	798 000	$ 15					12%
1860	1 000						0.6%	Proof
1860 O	1 060 000						7%
1861	3 360 000	$ 13	$ 13	$ 16	$ 22		28%
1861							1.2%	Overdate 1/0
1861	1 000						0.8%	Proof
1862	1 492 000					$ 46	9%
1862	550						0.6%	Proof
1863	18 000						0.6%
1863	460						0.4%	Proof
1863 S	100 000						2%
1864	48 000						1.0%
1864	470						0.6%	Proof
1864 S	90 000						0.4%
1865	13 000						0.4%
1865	500						0.4%	Proof
1865 S	120 000						1.6%
1866	10 000						1.0%
1866	725						0.4%	Proof
1866 S	120 000						1.4%
1867	8 000						0.8%
1867	625						0.4%	Proof
1867 S	120 000						2%
1868	88 600						0.8%
1868	600						0.6%	Proof
1868 S	280 000						5%
1869	208 000						4%
1869	600						0.6%	Proof
1869 S	230 000						3%
1870	535 000						5%
1870	1 000						0.8%	Proof
1870 S	1						0.4%
1871	1 873 000			$ 27	$ 28		20%
1871	960						1.4%	Proof
1871 S	161 000						2%
1872	2 947 000	$ 10	$ 13	$ 18	$ 18		28%
1872	950						0.6%	Proof
1872 S	837 000						2%	mint mark above bow
1872 S							4%	mint mark below bow
1873	712 000						5%
1873	600						0.6%	Proof
1873 S	324 000						3%

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