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Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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AU-50 with an interesting die clash.
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Wow --- ebay can really pay off sometimes. I really like this coin with its extraordinarily deep strike and downright explosive die traces. A real character! Hold on to this one. I wouldn't be in a great rush to slab it ... this is a coin that's better off naked. There are traces of PMD around the obverse rim that probably wouldn't elicit a details label. There's an ancient cleaning, too, but the resultant patina is just too gorgeous to fault, if you ask me. Tough to grade -- with no luster at all it is hard to ascribe anything above above AU50, even though there's enough detail for AU55. |
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AU-50 IMHO. Excellent purchase, nice patina.
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I would agree and say au-50
I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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45, but would not be surprised at AU50
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Thank you everyone! I am happy to say this is staying in my collection, and one step toward completing my date set. This 1811 makes #6/29 needed for the lettered edge date run. For those who don't know, this is an O-103 variety with a rarity of 3 (Scarce, 201-500 known). This coin features strong die clashes on the obverse and reverse, as well as a developing crack running between 8 and 1 in the date. There is luster left, you just have to do a little searching for it because the coin is so dark  Quote:
There's an ancient cleaning I am surprised pristine2 recognized the cleaning. In very specific lighting conditions, one can see faint, shallow hairlines running up and down on the obverse. I was a little disappointed to see those at first, but in reality they are not distracting whatsoever, and the toning ties it all together. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. Edited by jacrispies
02/18/2022 9:39 pm
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Both of your posts for the Bust Halves are great. Congrats on a wonderful pair to add to your collection!
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Thank you MisterT!
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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For educational purposes, here is a picture of the edge. I don't think the unevenness of the obverse rim is PMD. It looks like the edge lettering bleeded out to the edge, causing the rim to not be perfectly round. Here is a picture of HALF, located in the position above the cap to star 8.  Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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