Logan-McCloskey Plate Coin, Page 228. Grayish brown with splashes of steel blue toning. A sharp impression. Very minor hairlines are evident in the obverse fields. This is a scarce variety generally found only up to Extremely Fine.

First use of obverse 1 and the second use of reverse S. Perfect obverse. An early die state of this marriage. The upper loop of first S is filled. Very few of the cracks described by Logan and McCloskey are present on this example.

This was the first year of coinage production at the new Mint facility at the corner of Chestnut and Juniper streets in Philadelphia. The mintage recorded for this year totaled 1,370,000 coins and was the highest production so far among Capped Bust half dimes. A significant quantity, however, were certainly from 1832-dated dies. There are 10 known varieties for 1833 with six additional remarriages. All 16 of these marriages and remarriages are included in the present offering of 17 coins. Three die marriages were discovered after the Valentine reference was published, and all three are Rarity-6 or higher, including the LM-5 marriage with just three known examples, the single rarest variety in the entire Capped Bust half dime series.