1839 50c Capped Bust Half Dollar - Reeded Edge

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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11168 Posts	Posted Yesterday 9:08 pm Picked up this example, the final date in the series and the final date that completes my Capped Bust half dollar date set. Still missing are the 36 reeded, 38-O and 39-O. It will be uphill to acquire the first two. This example looks surprisingly like it was struck on copper and even resembles a so-called "woody" which results from poorly alloyed metals in the planchet. Surfaces look great and the hair above the ear looks pristine. Some striking weakness in the periphery but the central devices look well-struck. Thoughts? Thanks! IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Edited by numismatic student Yesterday 9:09 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 63512 Posts	Posted Yesterday 11:52 pm Nice coin! I'll guess AU-58. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 34628 Posts	Posted Today 2H 1M ago Looks like most of the flat areas are strike related. Nice AU-58. Now you need the "O". Report this Post to the Staff
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