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LOT 4338
United States of America AR Half Dime or 5 Cents. Dated 1854. New Orleans mint. Date with arrows.
Seated Liberty facing to left, holding liberty cap on stick and shield, date with arrows in exergue / HALF DIME in two lines within wreath, mintmark below. KM 76. Fine.(1.20gr, 16mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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The arrows either side of the date were added to indicate that the standard coin weight had been reduced from the previous issue.
