Greetings From Kansas! Capped Bust Half Dime Collector Here

Bikergeek, welcome to the Forum! Yes, there are so many friendly people here, and absolute experts too!
Unfortunately I'm in the former category, not the latter.
Your Half Dime is a real beauty! Can you post a pic of the reverse, and tell us more about it? I for one love to learn about everyone's treasures.

Welcome fellow capped bust fanatic! I like bust half dollars for their size, dimes are too small for me even though I still have young eyes. Glad to have another classic collector around.

Hey @Hondo Boguss, you are very gracious for asking about more details on the coin pictured in my first post. So, at the risk of oversharing, here ya go! The obverse on my first post was 1829 obverse 6. It is described by Logan and McCloskey (in the indispensable reference work called Federal Half Dimes 1792-1837) as "Star 3 rotated clockwise and close to dentil."

Since it is paired with reverse G below ("Tip of stem over serif of C2"), it is identified as an LM-13 marriage (LM for "Logan / McCloskey," which replaces the old V descriptors that were used after the Daniel Valentine Half Dime book). According to the book, LM-13 has two remarriages: where 1829 obv 6 and rev G were first paired, it was LM-13.1. Then, reverse G was paired with an 1830 obverse to mint some 1830-dated Half Dimes. Finally, it was REmarried to 1829 obv 6, and Half Dimes from that later pairing were known as LM-13.2. This second remarriage is recognizable by the deterioration in the reverse - specifically, the heavy clash marks above the eagle's left wing and head.

HOWEVER, there are some experts in the John Reich Collectors Society who now have evidence that the book had it wrong - and that there's no remarriage there of that die pair. If/as that becomes accepted, then the marriage will be identified just as "1829 LM-13" with no .1 or .2 after it. And the deterioration and clash marks would just be later state, vs. earlier state.

Final note: my images show the first capped bust Half Dime I ever bought, on 4/20/20. It's in a PCGS MS63 holder and still part of my registry set!

Carrigna, I will watch for your Half Dime post. I specialize in the capped bust series (1829-1837) so if your coin is older or younger, I won't be of any help--but I know there are experts in all series lurking around here! :-)