1800 H10C LM-4, Libekty (Regular Strike)
Series: Draped Bust Half Dimes 1796-1805
- PCGS #:
- 38604
- Designer:
- Robert Scot
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 16.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 1.35 grams
- Mintage:
- 40,000
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $3,360 • VF Details • 02-11-2024 • Heritage Auctions
Condition Census What Is This?
| #1 PCGS VF20 |
#2 PCGS VF Details
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#2 Est. VF Details
As "VF30 Corroded." Heritage Auctions, July 1994 - $467.50. Not yet attributed LM-4. Ed Price. As NCS VF Details #5028910-001. Heritage Auctions, February 9, 2024, Lot 3275 - $3,360. Environmental damage. Discovery example. Ed Price discovered the LM-4 die marriage in 1994. |
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#2 Est. VF Details
As NGC VF Details #3749439-015. Heritage Auctions, August 5, 2014, Lot 3412 - $2,943.38. Bent. Diagonal adjustment marks. |
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#2 Est. VF Details
As NGC VF Details #4922825-013. Stack's Bowers, November 14, 2019, Lot 1235 - $1,440. Two vertical scratches in the upper left of the reverse. Diagonal scratch between S and OF. |
#6 PCGS Fine Details
Stack's Bowers, November 4, 2016, Lot 4071 - $822.50; Stack's Bowers, August 7, 2020, Lot 2530 - $840; "The BarrowTH Collection" (PCGS Set Registry). Bent. |
| #7 PCGS G Details |
The Rarity: LM-4 (The "Equal Arrowheads")
The LM-4 is an incredibly rare R-7 die marriage (only 2 to 3 known to exist). While it shares the "LIBEKTY" obverse with the LM-3, it is paired with a different reverse (Reverse B).
- Key Identifier: Unlike other varieties, the top three arrowheads in the eagle's claw are of equal height.
- Placement: The word STATES is positioned unusually high above the clouds.
This variety was the rarest in the series for decades until the recent discovery of the 1800 LM-5 (#906788).
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