I have the answer (1853-O-ddr?)

pontiacinf

heres the word from the man himself, Dick Osburn on my wierd half dollar:

Bill -

Got a chance to take a good look at the 1853-O. It's a nice coin, but unfortunately it's not a doubled die. There is a lot of what the Indian cent folks call "Longacre doubling" on the reverse. It's different from die doubling in the you see it on several sides of the letters and other features. True die doubling comes from multiple impressions of the hub, and is always visible as a shift in a single direction. Different areas of the coin may be shifted in different directions if the second hubbing was rotated, but you never see a single letter with doubling on opposite sides.

Guess I have to keep looking for one

THANKS TO DICK for taking the time

lathmach

This type of doubling is quite common on some of the seated coins. I believe the device punches were struck into the dies with too much force and the shoulders of them created "halos". This is especially common around the stars.
In many instances the "doubling" or "halo' is completely around the letters or stars.
The 1854-O half is real bad for this, especially at the date.
At least you found out for sure what you have, and learned something to boot.

Ray

pontiacinf

I was in no way disappointed, and was real glad Dick had the time to look.
I had never herd the term he uses (longacreing) but I was describing to
someone as a small impression over a large impression. But only
ONLY one very few letters and 2 stars on obverse, which werent located
till 5 mins before sent.

I must admit this was one I had real fun researching, and Im glad theres
plenty of knowledgable people here willing to share their wares

shirohniichan

Too bad it wasn't a new variety, but I'm glad you got your answer.

pontiacinf

thanks Shiro

With all your knowledge of Trade dollars, Id
deffinately contact you if I find any interesting
ones


hey did you see that movie "circles" yet?