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Please attribute this 1823 Bust half



Please help attribute this 1823 Bust half,
The scans are not he best but the description is very accurate.

Here is the description:
Obv.
A heavy die line comes off of milling to star one. A die line from star 5 continues through stars 4 through 1 across bust, and is heavy, and continues to top of 1. A die crack starting at the left of 1 goes through 1 and extends passed the point of star 13 and continues through to star 8. A die crack starts at the milling and goes through star 5,6 and point of 7 across cap and to milling above star 8. The 3 is re-cut.

Rev.
There is a die dot between crossbars 4and 5. Left side of T and right side of I are in line,
Small inside right serifs on A1 and A2, no inside right serif on A3. S 1 and S 2 are re-cut,
most all letter are drawn to edge of milling.


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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777
    It looks like a 108a to me..... with a R-3 rating...
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • What I thought was interesting about this coin was that it seemed to match the description of the 109 but it does not have rev. H. It has rev. B
    In 109 one of the die crack starts at the dentical and goes to star 1. The die crack also reaches to star five on one side, and star eight on the other side. In addition the die crack through the Bust is very heavy as seen on this coin. The obv. Does not match the description of the 108a.

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