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gettingbrowned Valued Member United States 259 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 03:44 am Just picked up these two ladies... paid $120 and $109 respectively on ebay. Help on Overton numbers would be appreciated! The auction has a 7 day return policy... so be brutally honest please. I will probably wind up keeping these coins unless they are fake. That said, I would like to know what anyone has to say. 1829: My guess is probably EF-40? The scratch on the reverse hurts but isn't as easy to see in hand. 1831: Why are the stars trailing towards the rim like this? Die attrition? It looks to me like this coin has got some serious strike weakness going on in places.. especially the rim on the obverse.. doesn't appear to be wear to me O_o? Oh yeah and ... I really like the toning.. I think it is natural but am not sure. Are either of these problem coins? Or did I just get a good deal? Help! Edited by gettingbrowned 04/21/2009 03:46 am Report this Post to the Staff

Chump_Change Pillar of the Community United States 618 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 06:36 am Lookin pretty Sweet. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 09:04 am The 1831 looks odd to me. I think this one might be a copy. The 1829 looks to be EF-40 Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 10:59 am I have to go to sleep - no time to attribute. <schwarzenegger>I'll be back.</schwarzenegger> Report this Post to the Staff
CoinHunter53562 Pillar of the Community United States 2049 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 11:12 am Quote: The 1831 looks odd to me. I think this one might be a copy. The 1829 looks to be EF-40 What specifically on the 1831 makes you think it might be a copy. I looked at it briefly, and saw die breaks around the date. Would a copy have those? Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 11:37 am Just an overall impression, shape of the stars and details around the edge. Though I admit that the bust looks OK. Guess I'm just suspect about those areas. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinHunter53562 Pillar of the Community United States 2049 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 11:40 am No worries...I love the capped bust half dollars and am still trying to learn about them. So I hope my post didnt come off the wrong way. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 12:48 pm Quote: I really like the toning.. I think it is natural but am not sure. I think that the coin was probably cleaned at some point in its life but was then allowed to retone in an album for many years where it acquired its current toning. That is not a bad thing and many CBHs have been cleaned at some point, some much worse than others but this appears to be one that turned out well. I wouldn't kick it out of my collection The weak dentils and stretched stars are signs of Die Deterioration. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 6:19 pm Is there any way I could persuade you to post pics taken straight-on? The focus and details of these are very nice, but attribution requires determining the relationship between things like the T in STATES to the I in PLURIBUS, and the stars to the milling on the obverse. The perspective of these pics makes it pretty difficult to attribute either coin. That said, I'm going to guess the 1831 as O-102. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 7:56 pm Not at all CoinHunter. Report this Post to the Staff
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