Another first for me, bought a Capped Bust .50 piece...

ibzman350

......opinions please. Picked it up at the coin show this past weekend.








Herb

coincollector1989

Herb I like it. Is it a over date there looks like there is a 7 under the 8.

Nocerino18

It is and it is worth more than the plain 1818 Bust half.

ibzman350

It is an over date.....I make it a F12 grade...

Opinions on value please, I paid $65.



Herb



I think I need to clean my camera lens.

GaCoinGuy

No idears as to its value, but at $65, I'd say you did good. Thats a nice coin.

PutTogether

Bust halves are like Morgans but cooler. (yeah, i said it). There's a million different varieties and ways to collect them, and everyone should have at least one.

They are also in my opinion one of the better looking coins in circulated condition (along with shield nickels).

Yours is a good honest wear gray example, and congratulations on your first bust half! Start reading and researching about them, and you'll be addicted forever.

You paid within ten bucks of what its worth one way or the other - so rest assured you didn't over spend. 65 bucks for 187 year old coin that pretty much carried the economy back then is not bad!

slothman2000

The redbook show retail 8 over 7 at $65.00 retail in fine...

DNADave

Now you need the Overton book

grip

CDN,$85.00...Nice coin.
Al

ms70

Nice coin. I like it a lot.

greghansen

Nice collectible coin. You got lots to talk about there. A nice overdate plus well fatigued dies with those stretched out star points towards the rim. That makes the coin interesting when showing it and explaining its look to friends and family. I like coins that can be used to illustrate parts of our coin making history...and this coin serves nicely to illustrate at least two of those facets of coin making.