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The difficulty of describing a late state bust half
slumlord98
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A recent purchase was an 1806 O.121, which sports the 5th (!) use of obverse 10, a record for half dollars. This coin was of a later die state than any other 121 I've seen, so in my pocket it went. Following is a feeble attempt to describe only the cracks and chips for the pre turb die state study. The die is so badly clashed, much more than the reverse (a freebie to the first person who explains how this can be; there are at least two possibilities, need 2 for prize), that it is difficult to distinguish between crack and clash.
2 cracks at top of date, first from lowest curl-top of 1-thru 806; another from S13-across bust, leaving a long thin chip in lowest fold of drapery-tops of date-up into lowest curl; a long circular crack from rim-S4-6-field-top curl-right field-bust; another forks from this crack @ S5-7-L; another from rim-top points of S3-lower ribbon; a bisecting crack from rim-E-thru hair-ear-lowest curl-S1-4. Another from rim below S13 into bust. At least 6 small-medium rice kernel shaped chips at various points. If you can picture this in your head, I don't believe it.
2 cracks at top of date, first from lowest curl-top of 1-thru 806; another from S13-across bust, leaving a long thin chip in lowest fold of drapery-tops of date-up into lowest curl; a long circular crack from rim-S4-6-field-top curl-right field-bust; another forks from this crack @ S5-7-L; another from rim-top points of S3-lower ribbon; a bisecting crack from rim-E-thru hair-ear-lowest curl-S1-4. Another from rim below S13 into bust. At least 6 small-medium rice kernel shaped chips at various points. If you can picture this in your head, I don't believe it.
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