1800 H10C LM-5, Libekty (Regular Strike)
Series: Draped Bust Half Dimes 1796-1805
- PCGS #:
- 906788
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- 16.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- 40,000
- Mint:
- N/A
- Metal:
- 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $6,600 • AG Details • 03-29-2023 • Stack's Bowers
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 PCGS Genuine : Holed-AG Detail
Stack's Bowers, March 23, 2023, Lot 6180 - $6,600. Discovery specimen, published by Dylan Dominguez and Edward Van Orden via PCGS.com on October 12, 2022. This example features a jagged hole at the top of Liberty's head, with only enough detail remaining to definitively identify the die marriage. |
The "Missing Link": LM-5 (The Unique Discovery)
In 2022, PCGS identified a previously unknown 1800 "LIBEKTY" die marriage, designated as LM-5 (#906788). This is currently a unique specimen (PCGS AU Details - Holed), making it the rarest die marriage in the entire Draped Bust Half Dime series. The LM-5 shares the same reverse die as the 1801 LM-1 (#38605). Prior to its discovery, specialists assumed the LM-1 reverse was first prepared for the 1801 issues; however, we now know this reverse was introduced in late 1800, establishing the LM-5 as the 'missing link' in the emission sequence between 1800 and 1801.
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