1838 Bust Half

OK I couldn't sleep so I took some more pictures. This is a good lesson on how lighting can play tricks with coins. I removed my halogen light source.....then kind of muted it to show the hairlines....the luster is there just not apparent in these pictures....If you take the first ones and combine with these....thats roughly the luster. I believe these pictures show the die cracks a bit better as well.

With the new pics, I can say with certainty that this is a JR10. Unfortunately, I do now see the signs of cleaning, which change the grade this coin will receive to UNC details. If you are going to get it slabbed, check with the company to see if they recognize Jules Reiver variety numbers. It would be very nice to have the variety number on the slab, especially since this one is so rare.

I will go with AU-58 details.

Not sure I agree that there are signs of a cleaning. I do see a few hairlines but they are not present across the whole surface.

Definitely no traces of wear so, at worst, this would be an UNC details coin