My 1830 Capped Bust Half (Edge Lettering Question)

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coins4fun Valued Member United States 153 Posts	Posted 06/11/2013 4:15 pm The edge of my 1830 Capped Bust half dollar reads "Fifty Cents Or Half A Dollar" However, the word "OR" appears to be weakly struck/ overstruck onto "HALF" so that the R in or is overlapping with the H in half. As I do not own any other capped bust halves of this type, I cannot compare. Is this a normal or perhaps this coin is something special? Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 06/11/2013 5:05 pm Edge lettering was an imprecise process, and mistakes abound in the Bust Half series. Doesn't mean your coin is not interesting, but an error of that nature is not uncommon. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 06/11/2013 7:48 pm That's the result of the Castaing machine. The coin was rolled between two bars that each applied half of the edge legend. The two halves didn't match up exactly, which is why there are a couple decorative symbols at the end of each half, to take up any extra space. Report this Post to the Staff
jeffrose Pillar of the Community United States 1432 Posts	Posted 06/12/2013 08:21 am Here's my 1809 with the same R over H. Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 06/13/2013 06:24 am as stated the error edge lettering is common. However: If you find doubled edge lettering -- that is scarce. Report this Post to the Staff
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