Opinions Please

habaraca

share your thoughts and knowledge......

airplanenut

Maybe it's the lighting, but something about the surfaces looks off to me. There's also a scratch at the back of the bust, a dig to the left of the date, a small rim bump, and to me, an unappealing amount of weakness for the reverse lettering. It's a coin I would pass on.

braddick

It definitely has character, yet I also agree with airplanenut.

Herb_T

@airplanenut said:
Maybe it's the lighting, but something about the surfaces looks off to me. There's also a scratch at the back of the bust, a dig to the left of the date, a small rim bump, and to me, an unappealing amount of weakness for the reverse lettering. It's a coin I would pass on.

Because of the lettering on the reverse, I would buy it at a premium...never saw any CBH like that.

It has stars like an O-102 as well as the reverse has the 50C like the 102 as well. However, the extra weak lettering throws me for a loss....I look forward to other comments and the answer....

pursuitofliberty

That's an odd duck. Almost looks like some kind of trail strike, but I don't think that is what it is.

Pretty sure it's an O-103, but I can not figure out the reverse lettering with that strong of a remaining upset

Pnies20

When I saw it I said maybe struck through grease?

I think a few other people who saw it independently said the same. Interesting.

sellitstore

Yes, that's what I thought, too. Partially filled die, maybe grease.

291fifth

A coin that should sell for a discount, not a premium. This "error" nonsense is causing some collectors to make bad buying decisions.

Pnies20

@291fifth said:
A coin that should sell for a discount, not a premium. This "error" nonsense is causing some collectors to make bad buying decisions.

Not if it’s interesting to you. Collect what you like.

I can tell you @habaraca has owned hundreds of overton varieties and cherried every R5 bust half there is. He knows what he’s buying.

braddick

It sold at a fair price:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256237169467

jacrispies

Are there any other Early US grease strikes to compare it with? Grease strike comes to mind but I don't recall ever seeing another example.

All other examples of the marriage I have seen does not show that particular weakness. It is safe to say that it is not a tapered planchet or post mint altered, because the opposite side is struck strong and there are no obvious tooling marks. That would guarantee that there was an obstruction between the planchet and die. The substance would likely be of low viscosity because there are no sharp corners or texture noticeable in the strikethrough. If it isn't cloth I would think it has to be grease.

@291fifth said:
A coin that should sell for a discount, not a premium. This "error" nonsense is causing some collectors to make bad buying decisions.

To each their own. With many people thinking the way you do, that leaves good deals for us numismatists who like to study coins.

ELVIS1

Man I love that eagle on the reverse...
Probably my favorite reverse...