1805 H10C (Regular Strike)

Series: Draped Bust Half Dimes 1796-1805

PCGS MS64

PCGS MS64

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PCGS MS62

PCGS MS62

PCGS AU58+

PCGS AU58+

PCGS #:
4272
Designer:
Robert Scot
Edge:
Reeded
Diameter:
16.50 millimeters
Weight:
1.35 grams
Mintage:
15,600
Mint:
Philadelphia
Metal:
89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
Major Varieties

Die Varieties

Current Auctions - PCGS Graded
Current Auctions - NGC Graded
For Sale Now at Collectors Corner - PCGS Graded
For Sale Now at Collectors Corner - NGC Graded

Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More

Grades Survival
Estimate
Numismatic
Rarity
Relative Rarity
By Type
Relative Rarity
By Series
All Grades 300 R-6.4 4 / 7 TIE 6 / 12 TIE
60 or Better 1 R-10.0 1 / 7 TIE 1 / 12 TIE
65 or Better 0 R-10.1 1 / 7 1 / 12
Survival Estimate
All Grades 300
60 or Better 1
65 or Better
Numismatic Rarity
All Grades R-6.4
60 or Better R-10.0
65 or Better R-10.1
Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type
All Grades 4 / 7 TIE
60 or Better 1 / 7 TIE
65 or Better 1 / 7
Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series
All Grades 6 / 12 TIE
60 or Better 1 / 12 TIE
65 or Better 1 / 12

Condition Census What Is This?

Pos Grade Image Pedigree and History
1 MS64 estimated grade
2 AU58 PCGS grade  
	PCGS #4272 (MS) 58

Heritage 1/2007:846, $46,000 - Heritage 10/2009:297, not sold - Heritage 2/2010:958, $32,200 - Stack's/Bowers 8/2015:10049, $35,250

2 AU58 PCGS grade

Bob R. Simpson Collection

2 AU58 PCGS grade

Joseph O'Connor, sold privately in 8/2004 - Eugene H. Gardner Collection - Heritage 5/2015:98156, $47,000

2 AU58 PCGS grade
6 AU55+ PCGS grade AU55+ PCGS grade
7 AU55 PCGS grade AU55 PCGS grade

Stack’s 11/2008:3294, $40,250 - D. Brent Pogue Collection - Stack’s/Bowers/Sotheby’s 5/2015:1016, $30,550

7 AU55 PCGS grade
9 AU53 PCGS grade

David Bullowa 5/1952:1021, $88 - John Jay Pittman - Akers 10/1997:430, $14,300 - Heritage 1/2012:3108, not sold

9 AU53 estimated grade
#1 MS64 estimated grade
 
	PCGS #4272 (MS) 58 
#2 AU58 PCGS grade

Heritage 1/2007:846, $46,000 - Heritage 10/2009:297, not sold - Heritage 2/2010:958, $32,200 - Stack's/Bowers 8/2015:10049, $35,250

#2 AU58 PCGS grade

Bob R. Simpson Collection

#2 AU58 PCGS grade

Joseph O'Connor, sold privately in 8/2004 - Eugene H. Gardner Collection - Heritage 5/2015:98156, $47,000

#2 AU58 PCGS grade
AU55+ PCGS grade #6 AU55+ PCGS grade
AU55 PCGS grade #7 AU55 PCGS grade

Stack’s 11/2008:3294, $40,250 - D. Brent Pogue Collection - Stack’s/Bowers/Sotheby’s 5/2015:1016, $30,550

#7 AU55 PCGS grade
#9 AU53 PCGS grade

David Bullowa 5/1952:1021, $88 - John Jay Pittman - Akers 10/1997:430, $14,300 - Heritage 1/2012:3108, not sold

#9 AU53 estimated grade
Ron Guth:

The 1805 Half Dime has the second lowest mintage of the Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse type, making it a very difficult coin to locate in any grade. Nonetheless, the Condition Census consists almost entirely of About Uncirculated examples, with the exception of one Mint State piece - a lovely, high-grade example estimated by PCGS to grade MS64.

Like most examples of this type, the 1805 Half Dime is usually weak at the tip of the bust and in the corresponding area on the reverse of the coin (upper right). Adjustment marks are rarely seen.

Only one die marriage is known for this year (LM-1).