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The United States half-dime series is possibly one of the most difficult to complete series due to length and variety. A total of eighty-six such issues nearly fill this Library of Coins album with collector grade examples that would take an enormous amount of time and effort to assemble. Included in this expansive slough are the following issues: an 1829 (VF), an 1830 (VF, rev cleaned), an 1831 (XF+), an 1832 (VF, cleaned), an 1833 (VF), an 1834 (VF, bent), an 1835 Large Date Large 5 Cents (VF, cleaned), an 1835 Large Date Small 5 Cents (VF), an 1835 Small Date Large 5 Cents (XF, cleaned), an 1835 Small Date Small 5 Cents (XF, obv cleaned), an 1836 Large 5 Cents (XF+, obv cleaned), an 1836 Small 5 Cents (XF+), an 1837 Large 5 Cents (VF), an 1837 Capped Bust Small 5 Cents (XF, cleaned), an 1837 Seated Liberty Large Date (XF), an 1837 Seated Liberty Small Date (VF+), an 1838-O (F), an 1838 (VF), an 1839 (XF, light clean), an 1839-O (VF), an 1840 No Drapery (XF+), an 1840-O No Drapery (VF, cleaned), an 1840 (XF), an 1840-O (F+), an 1841 (AU, cleaned), an 1841-O (AU, cleaned), an 1842 (XF), an 1842-O (F), an 1843 (AU), an 1844 (VF+), an 1844-O (XF, obv damage), an 1845 (AU), an 1846 (VF), an 1847 (XF), an 1848 Small Date (AU, cleaned), an 1848 Medium Date (XF), an 1848 Large Date (VF, cleaned), an 1848-O (AU), an 1849/8 (XF), an 1849/6 (VF), an 1849 (XF+), an 1849-O (XF), an 1850 (VF), an 1850-O (XF, heavy clean), an 1851 (VF), an 1851-O (AU, light clean), an 1852 (XF+), an 1852-O (F), an 1853-O No Arrows (VF, rim damage), an 1853-O w/ arrows (XF+), an 1854-O (VF, light clean), an 1855 (XF+), an 1857-O (XF), an 1858 (XF+), an 1858-O (VF), an 1859 (VF++), an 1859-O (AU, light clean), an 1860 (F+), an 1862 (XF), an 1863 (BU, light clean), an 1863-S (XF), an 1864-S (VG, cleaned), an 1865-S (VF, cleaned), an 1866-S (XF, light clean), an 1867-S (XF, light clean), an 1868 (VF), an 1868-S (XF), an 1869 (XF), an 1869-S (F), an 1870 (XF), an 1871 (GD), an 1871-S (XF, cleaned), and an 1873 (XF) (ck). |