A SHORT COIN LESSON
Seated Liberty Half Dime — Reduced Weight: Five cents a silver half dime
A half dime is five cents, but it is a different silver coin from a nickel. This is the reduced-weight Seated Liberty profile beginning in eighteen fifty-three. This calculator profile uses 0.03588 fine troy ounce of silver per coin. Contained metal value is separate from collector value.
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- A half dime is five cents, but it is a different silver coin from a nickel. This is the reduced-weight Seated Liberty profile beginning in eighteen fifty-three.
- This profile contains zero point zero three five eight eight fine troy ounce of silver per coin.
- Ten matching coins contain zero point three five eight eight fine troy ounces. Multiply that total by the current silver spot price.
- Purity is already included. The exact issue and condition still matter for collector value.
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Photographs resized and cropped for display; coin details are not retouched. US Mint (coin); National Numismatic Collection, photograph by Jaclyn Nash · Public domain — PD-US-SI · License.
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