1792 Silver Half Disme. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ.
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A most impressive example of this tiny silver coin that is loaded with history, legend, and allure. Toned in rich, steel-blue colors, with lilac-gray intermingled on both sides. The underlying surfaces are glossy, lustrous, and semi-reflective. Perfectly centered on a nice, round, problem-free planchet, minus the adjustment marks that are sometimes seen on this issue. This is one of the nicest examples available on the market today and one of only a handful in Mint State. PCGS has graded 60 1792 Half Dismes, with the vast majority in circulated condition; NGC has graded 18 examples, also mostly in low grade. Here`s a complete roster of the Mint State examples reported by PCGS: 2 in MS-63, 4 in MS-64, 1 in MS-65, 2 in MS-66, and 1 in Specimen-66. NGC reports 1 in MS-61, 4 in MS-64, 1 in MS-67, and the Eliasberg specimen is reported separately as an MS-63. These populations have jumped in the past year or two, not because of a glut of new specimens, but because of resubmissions or attempted crossovers of the same coin. For its part, this is a new example, as the consignor tells us that it has been off the market since the mid-1980`s -- before the advent of the grading services. The 1792 Half Disme is listed as Judd-7 in the `Pattern Coins` reference. However, the assumptions underlying this attribution are incorrect. In fact, the 1
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