Posted 03/15/2016 10:58 pm
It looks like an O-104 R-3.
Overton, (or Parsley) notes in their book, " A peculiar feature of almost all years of issue of the early half dollars, which has been referred to the double profile, came to full blossom in 1823. A small number of the surviving specimens of almost every date show some degree of doubling. In 1823 however, the problem became much more pronounced."
So rare, not really....interesting, VERY. If I personally had a choice between 2 otherwise equal 1823s, I'd take a double profile over one without it. I might even spend a few extra bucks on it.
Overton, (or Parsley) notes in their book, " A peculiar feature of almost all years of issue of the early half dollars, which has been referred to the double profile, came to full blossom in 1823. A small number of the surviving specimens of almost every date show some degree of doubling. In 1823 however, the problem became much more pronounced."
So rare, not really....interesting, VERY. If I personally had a choice between 2 otherwise equal 1823s, I'd take a double profile over one without it. I might even spend a few extra bucks on it.
