An interesting early half dollar

slumlord98

Imaged is an 1806 O.110, stuck at R6 for years, attesting to its rarity. It comes in three collectible die states; there are two known primes with no obverse cracks, there are some known with a single heavy crack from the mouth to rim, and there is the train wreck state. In the closeup, note the two rectangular die chips. Owning coins like this makes it hard to get excited about defecating bison and the like. Actually, that is one I'd at least like an image of! If you own an 1806 O.110, kindly add your image. Also if you have the bison thingy.

Leiana

Cool!

I love diecracks.

-Amanda

JRocco

Sorry to say that I can't add to this thread anything other than my curiosity.
It is coins like this one slumlord that make you really enjoy our hobby. Researching its history and seeing the die progression from one piece to the next. Being an R6 makes there so few specimens to study yet it makes it all the more alluring.
Keep posting threads like this one slumlord- they are what these boards are all about.

cmanbb

<< <i>Keep posting threads like this one slumlord- they are what these boards are all about. >>



Ditto

Cladiator

Congrats on an excellent coin Slumlord





ps. Was cool to finally get to meet you at Denver

ledzep87

Awesome coin!

coinlieutenant

Very cool Brad.

I have an even half dozen in inventory...various die states. I'll photo them next week or so.

John

TomB

That's a pretty amazing coin and it looks eerily similar to a cracked planchet 1798 S-153 large cent that I own. Obviously, the die crack and a cracked planchet are two different things, but the placement is similar.

rec78

Bust coins are so neat.

CoinAddict

Very cool bustie.

Nysoto

Slumlord - A nice example of a very interesting and rare die marriage. I have a mid-state 1806 O.110 with the single heavy die break. I will post a pic, but it will be a few days.

Nysoto

My example of 1806 O.110 has a heavy single crack. This is a very rare die marriage with around 20 known:

JRocco

What an awesome coin Nysoto. Talk about character.

Do you know if any of the BHN's have this die marriage in an earlier die state?

Nysoto

JRocco,

I don't know who owns the two early die states Slumlord was referring to.

The 1805 and 1806 years are really interesting to collect because of all of these dramatic terminal die states. Most dies within these years ended with either massive die breaks or cuds, with a few unusual cases of dies that were apparently retired while still in good condition, such as 1806 obv 11, which resides at the ANS in useable condition (see Eliasberg catalog). The obverse die for 06 110 still exists.

edit - the person who won the LordMarcorvan/Cladiator/Colridge discovery 1806 O.129 on ebay also cherried an early state 1806 O.110 on ebay - so there could be three in this die state.

Whizzard

I don't know about pooping bison, but this is an interesting variety. Thanks for showing us your coin.

Baley

very neat coins slumlord and nysoto!

the early coiners used these dies until they were on their last legs.

these late die states tend to be scarcer than the average db half, i guess because fewer coins were minted after the crack(s) but before the die was retired

here's an o125a

slumlord98

Nysoto,

When did this other 110' appear? Got pics?

If this is certain, then it is definitely the third example. And what can you add about this obverse die?

Baley, I still like that 125!