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1822 Bust Half O-105?

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,730 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The missing letter tops have me a little confused. Is this a late state 1822 O-105, or what?

Andy Lustig

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  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 6,346 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, O-105. The reverse crack and the R in AMERICA confirm


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  • RobertScotLoverRobertScotLover Posts: 326 ✭✭✭

    I am assuming it is uber rare since it is being pictured, I guess this is the certain tough situation where rarity trumps aesthetics ;). One only a mother could love so to say.

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 6,346 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RobertScotLover said:
    I am assuming it is uber rare since it is being pictured ...

    Well ... sort of. As a Die Marriage overall, R2 ... so no, not really by DM. However as a Die State, this appears to be the 105.3 or 105.4 (obverse needed to confirm which), which brings it to R5.

    I wonder if the obverse even has a date, and this was a wonderful sleuthing exercise from Andy, where he figured out the year and DM by the reverse only.


    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 22,422 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 23, 2023 3:48PM

    It is a coin in need of a story...

    The coin survived a dual involving Andrew Jackson and some other guy. Don't ask about the other guy as he did not survive as well as the coin.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 10,858 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well it appears to be an an NGC slab, someone must’ve felt it was worth submitting….

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  • scubafuelscubafuel Posts: 1,642 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It’s no ordinary hole. I’d bet the obverse is counter-marked by another country.

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,730 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 23, 2023 8:50PM

    @scubafuel said:
    It’s no ordinary hole. I’d bet the obverse is counter-marked by another country.

    Correct. The countermark is from Costa Rica. And the hole is official, being part of the revalidation process. I asked about the variety because I thought it might be rare enough to matter. But since this is a rare countermark, the Overton variety would have to be extrememly rare before it impacted the value.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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