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Rest in Peace
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Agree VG details (heavily cleaned). Can you give us a close-up of the date area?
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VG 12 plus, no fake, die crack to the right of the one in 1854 . Some underlying curiosities that need to be checked out . I heard there's three types and I can't find anything online about any one of the types .
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I'm trying to figure out if it has any value or if it's worth selling or keeping I'm not sure what this is I've never came across one .
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There is a 1855 over 1854, but I don't see any overdates for 1854.
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the coin has been cleaned within inches of its death.  |
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The 1854-O Half is a variety hunter's playground. There are at least 58 known die marriages, some of which have multiple known varieties based on die state. Your coin was heavily polished to eliminate graffiti. Look carefully at the obverse, and the graffiti in the shield, LIBERTY, knees, and field to the right of the knees is still visible. The polishing on the reverse was more successful, but obliterated most of the design. Based on the mm position partial obverse die crack at 7:00 o'clock, and what's left of the reverse die crack through UNIT of UNITED, it looks like your coin may be an EDS or MDS example of WB-24, which is a die marriage of obverse die 17 and reverse die K. See Bill Bugert, A Register of Liberty Seated half dollar Varieties, Volume IV, New Orleans Branch Mint, 1853-O WA to 1861-O, at pages 126-127. It's pretty far gone, but that is at least a possible attribution. EDIT: BTW, I agree with VG details. Edited by fortcollins
07/19/2020 10:12 pm
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The 1854 O Half Dollar has many die marriages with the "halo" affect of the date, stars and liberty. Here is a reference within Bill Bugert's books about what you are seeing. Quote: Device outlining. "Halos" can often be found around the stars, digits in the date, arrowheads, and often around the central devices. Sometimes unofficially called "Longacre doubling," a term coined by J.T. Stanton and inappropriately applied by others to Liberty Seated coinage designed by Christian Gobrecht, it is the doubling often seen on coins designed by James B. Longacre. This doubling is a secondary image of the design appearing on all sides of a design element. Although various theories abound as to what caused this doubling, this doubling is commonly found on half dollars of this date and is not and should not be confused with doubled dies and repunched dates. |
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