1840-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. Drapery. AU Details--Cleaned (PCGS). Fully brilliant and pearly with a faint golden shimmer across the surfaces that have been lightly cleaned at one time. Satiny in texture with bold detail over most design elements, this is an impressive AU for an issue that is scarce to rare in all grades. From a mintage of just 240,000 pieces, EF and AU survivors ranked Rarity-6 by Al Blythe in the 1992 reference <em>The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dimes. </em> From our (Stacks) June Sale of 1973, lot 984. Lot tag included.
