1808 50c Capped Bust Half Dollar #6 Overton-106A R2

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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11983 Posts	Posted 10/11/2025 3:07 pm My first early U.S. coin was a 1808 Capped Bust half dollar. It was my first large, early coin and I still own it today. As a result, I have a predilection for this issue. New pick up. 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 10/11/2025 10:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff

IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 37206 Posts	Posted 10/11/2025 3:43 pm I'm at VG-10 on this one. Report this Post to the Staff
adam126402 Pillar of the Community United States 995 Posts	Posted 10/11/2025 6:40 pm VG10 as well. Pics are a little blurry, but seems to have nice eye appeal for the grade. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 79863 Posts	Posted 10/11/2025 9:11 pm I'm at VG as well. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11983 Posts	Posted 10/11/2025 9:49 pm Thanks for your comments. I was looking at some coins at VG10 and came across the darker coin below. I think that it is an example of the O-106 variety and very similar in condition. The coins look similar but I don't think it is the same coin. Initially I thought that the line above Liberty's cap was a scratch, but this other coin has the same scratch in the same location. What are the odds that the same scratch occurred in both coins or is it a feature imparted by the same die? 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 Report this Post to the Staff
adam126402 Pillar of the Community United States 995 Posts	Posted 10/11/2025 10:19 pm Agree that is is a die defect. Reminds me of the 1817 comet head CBH. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11983 Posts	Posted 10/11/2025 10:32 pm Yes, I looked at the maibbock plate coin for O-106 and didn't see that line but I went to the image of O-106a, the late die state of the die pair and found that line above the cap to be the north end of a huge terminal die crack across the length of the entire obverse. Interestingly, the crack only shows up in my coin above the cap, so it must be an intermediate stage of obverse die failure where it has split from the edge to the devices but hasn't actually fully failed. 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 10/11/2025 10:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18951 Posts	Posted 10/12/2025 10:36 am VG10 Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11983 Posts	Posted 10/18/2025 4:14 pm This came in. Love this coin. Further 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 10/18/2025 4:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
typecollector New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 10/19/2025 2:51 pm Beautiful, original bust half. Report this Post to the Staff
adam126402 Pillar of the Community United States 995 Posts	Posted 10/19/2025 8:39 pm VG10 for me. Report this Post to the Staff
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