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jeffrose Pillar of the Community United States 1432 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 4:30 pm Grade AU-53 ? Variety O-111 R.1 ? - need some help here Rev H - all attributes match Obv 7 - close but Overton lists short serifs @ top of 1's plus die cracks base of date, all stars on left & stars 8-10 (?) - only other use of Rev H is on O-109 with Obv 6 & is definitely not that. HELP please & thank you Report this Post to the Staff

Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 6:05 pm I am not good with these as far as varieties go but I agree with the AU-53 grade you have assigned to this coin Report this Post to the Staff
muddler Pillar of the Community United States 7228 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 6:52 pm Great bust half Jeff. Report this Post to the Staff
D0ubl3Eagle Pillar of the Community United States 5854 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 7:43 pm Lower AU. Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 7:58 pm Ok, I also like AU-53. I agree, this attribution is bit tricky. All the O-111s I've seen have a partial obliteration of the motto (E PLURIBUS UNUM) on the reverse. Yours does not. I also don't see the die cracks that are supposed to be under the date and up the left side to all left side stars (1-7) and then another die crack joining stars 8-10. And all the other examples I've seen of this attribution have much more elongated stars on the obverse than yours. So... I have to conclude you have a VERY early die state (EDS) of O-111 (Obverse 7, O-111 being the only use of this die in 1831) before the cracks propagated, before the die wore & the stars became much more elongated than yours and grease obliterated the motto (Reverse H). Nice challenge! (Of course, I could be wrong, but I don't think so. I spent a LOT of time trying to puzzle this out!) Edited by Moe145 02/21/2012 08:17 am Report this Post to the Staff
jeffrose Pillar of the Community United States 1432 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 9:56 pm Thanks Moe. I really appreciate your input. I just got back to attributing my CBH's today & this one was harder than Chinese arithmetic. 5 more left & I hope they go easier. You da man. Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 10:32 pm AWww MAN...just got home from work....didnt get to play on this one... Very nice jeffrose! Report this Post to the Staff
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