1800 Draped Bust Half Dime. LM-3. Rarity-4. LIBEKTY. MS-62 (PCGS).Generally bright silver with lustrous fields, faint golden overtones, and solid eye appeal for an early silver coin of this era. The strike is uncommonly bold, and especially noticeable on Libertys curls where all but a couple near the ear are strongly defined. Similar on the reverse where the eagles feathers are sharp on all but the upper right wing where opposite Libertys bust. Predominantly smooth surfaces, as well. For identification purposes only we note a flurry of tiny marks on the inside of star 6 above Libertys ribbon. Later die state with a few raised lumps on the obverse near the star 1, and a long line of broken lumps up from the digit 8 in the date into Libertys hair, these caused by some impact with the die that further damaged the reverse near the eagles head and below the ribbon, that or the die simply sunk in that area as more and more coins were struck. The reverse die was rotated about 30 degrees counter clockwise when struck. An appealing and attractive coin that any type or variety specialist will be proud to own.<p> From the Collection of Thaddeus A. Tatum III. Earlier from our Philadelphia ANA Sale of August 2012, lot 11291.
