New Orleans Half Dime - Rare Die State - Finest Known ?

[Elbesaar]

 

My Dad found this Half Dime in an old desk in a castle in Germany

during WW-II when he requisitioned an office for himself. He pryed open

all the compartments of this elaborate desk - and found tons of Nazi

medals [ which he gave away to his fellow soldiers ] but he kept a US

coin that he had never seen before.

 

I recently had the coin certified [ I was afraid to loose such a tiny coin ]

and immediately had it imaged by Messy Desk [ John Baumgart ].

 

While at FUN - a friend brought a New Orleans Half Dime specialist

over to the table I was at - and I showed him the coin. He mentioned it

was the finest known of its variety [ die crack from the left OBV rim thru

the stars to the hand ]. I'm sorry, but I misplaced his name - but I mentioned

that I'd post the image as soon as I could - so his fellow collectors could

view it.

 

Enjoy:

 

[nunfa0]

Wow beautiful coin and great story

[Coindude]

Mike, super cool coin and super cool story.

[SkyMan]

Wow beautiful coin and great story

 

Yowsah!

[johnny9434]

way cool story and dime. thats something else

[James_OldeTowne]

Fantastic coin, and I love the die crack.

 

I don't know if there is enough consensus to make die-state analysis reliable for the series, though. It would be interesting to know who the expert was. Larry Briggs? Brian Greer? John McCloskey?

 

And the coin itself is fantastic by the way, as is the remarkable story behind it.

[jesbroken]

Great story, great coin. Congrats. I wonder how many of this year and mintmark were melted as the 1853? That would make an interesting read.

Jim

[Old Pueblo]

Very cool coin and history

 

That's a keeper for sure!

 

 

OP

[Oldtrader3]

Nice dime, what a find, and what an odd place to find it.

[toyonakataro]

NIce looking coin with an interesting story behind it.

I don't know about the die state/variety, though.

[Elbesaar]

 

I sent this Thread to my friend, Glenn Holsonbake,

who had introduced the New Orleans specialist to me.

 

I'll wait for him to respond - as he's on another road trip

to another coin show.

 

 

[Elbesaar]

Fantastic coin, and I love the die crack.

 

I don't know if there is enough consensus to make die-state analysis reliable for the series, though. It would be interesting to know who the expert was. Larry Briggs? Brian Greer? John McCloskey?

 

And the coin itself is fantastic by the way, as is the remarkable story behind it.

 

The dealer is Lynn Oruso of New Orleans Rare Coins.

I've been waiting for him to see the Thread and respond,

to shed some more light on the coin.

 

Thanks everyone for the kind words... its a coin that I will

always keep - and pass it down in my family. No one else

collects - but - maybe a cousin's son may become a real

collector.