Draped Bust Half Dimes

Draped Bust, Small Eagle (1796-1797)


One of the first acts of a sovereign nation has always been to establish a system of currency for use in commercial transactions. In the fledgling United States this was doubly important. Although the accepted standard of value was the Spanish silver dollar and its fractional pieces of eight, English coins of pounds, shillings and pence also were in use throughout the young nation. Efficient trade was hampered at every turn, particularly between the states, as each valued the Spanish coins differently in relation to English issues. By the end of the 1780s, much discussion ensued concerning the necessity and structure of a reliable, non-fluctuating system of coinage.

Thomas Jefferson, along with Alexander Hamilton and financier Robert Morris, had long advocated the use of the decimal system. Introduced by the Dutch inventor Simon Stevin van Brugghe, it used whole numbers to describe fractions and was tr.... (Expand Text)

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1797 DRAPED BUST H10C, 16 STARS MS65 NGC

PINK AND LAVENDER PATINA ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THIS GEM. RARITY-4. CONDITION CENSUS.
$77,000.00

1797 DRAPED BUST H10C, 16 STARS MS66 PCGS

16 STARS. STUNNING GEM WELL STRUCK SURFACES WITH LIGHT BLUE AMBER PATINA. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED WITH CAC ENDORSEMENT. CAC.
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1800 DRAPED BUST H10C MS62 CACG

CHOICE SURFACES ENHANCED WITH A LIGHT SEAGREEN/AMBER PATINA. CAC.
$23,000.00

1800 DRAPED BUST H10C MS62 PCGS

CHOICE LUSTROUS SPECIMEN.
$19,750.00

1800 DRAPED BUST H10C, LIBEKTY MS64 PCGS

LIBEKTY VARIETY. STUNNING BLUE ROSE TONING. CONDITION CENSUS.
$44,000.00

1801 DRAPED BUST H10C MS64 PCGS

GEM LUSTROUS SURFACES. WELL STRUCK. ONLY TWO GRADED HIGHER. CAC.
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1802 DRAPED BUST H10C AU50 PCGS

VERY CHOICE SURFACES GRACED WITH A GORGEOUS LIGHT BLUE AND PINK PATINA. ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT RARITIES, JUST 35 ARE KNOWN TO EXIST TODAY IN ALL GRADES. JUST THREE COINS GRADED HIGHER WITH AU55 THE HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS.
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