USA ½ dime Liberty Seated Half Dime Legend Obverse 1861

USA, Philadelphia
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硬幣屬性

RegionUSA
Denomination½ dime
Krause numberKM# 91
Mintage3,361,000
MetalSilver 0.900
diameter15.5 mm
weight1.24 g
正面:
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Liberty
Creators:
Christian Gobrecht
LIBERTY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
背面:
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Wreath
Creators:
Christian Gobrecht
HALF DIME

硬幣介紹

This was one of the larger mintages in the half dime series, and examples are common across all grades through MS 64. When both the Treasury and banks suspended specie payment as a result of the Civil War, many of these coins were hoarded for their intrinsic value and were thus spared from wear. The so-called 1861/0 half dime is fairly common and is now thought to be simply the result of a defective date punch.閱讀更多