Bust Half Purchase, Die Clash Obverse

andy007

Thought some of you might like this one with all the talk of Bust Halves here recently. I picked this nice Bust Half with a nice Obverse die clash last week. You can clearly spot the shield lines on the portrait of Liberty near the hair in hand, they really stand out(hard to see in the normal sized pic, the close up should do, all I have is el cheapo scanner) and the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM, above the eagle on the reverse, can partially be made out just below the portrait, the U in UNUM really stands out, right above the 8 in the date.

My second question would be, if submitted to PCGS(I'm sure it's been dipped at some point, but PCGS is more lenient on Bust coinage and early stuff on this because of the frequency) as a regular submission, error, ???

Sorry about the pics being so small, the scanner is scanning them larger than that, but I guess the frame size at Imagestation doesn't allow images that large.

1813 Bust Half Obverse

1813 Bust Half Reverse

Tiny Closeup of Shield Lines

DHeath

Andy, thanks for the look. It's always cool to see an error that age!

dorkkarl

great thread, and you picked a terrific subject. bust halves from 1813 and 1814 are particularly notorious for clashed dies, very often mutltiples. i have at least a couple that have a minimum of five distinguishable clashes. great stuff! for some varieties, it is essentially impossible to find an unclashed example.

good luck, you picked up a great coin!

K S

andy007

can anyone answer my second question???? I knew I should have just made another modern post

DHeath

Regular submission. IMO That's what I'd do if it were mine.

JimD

andyoo7,
Cool coin. That's another good example of one of the things that make Bust Halves interestind.

1813 Die Clash

dorkkarl

based on what i see, pcgs would not slab it as an "error". as i kinda mentioend earlier, more 1813's and 14's are clashed then not. just like the 1865 3cn.

leave the coin unslabbed, like it should be. that way you can still view the lettering on the edges and appreciate the fact that such a great, classic coin has THREE sides, not just the 2 that pcgs would allow you to see in the slab.

K S