1832 Bust Half... Input and Opinions Needed!

bottleguy

Well, I broke down and finally purchased my first Bust Half today. I've been wanting one for the longest time now, and when I saw this one it spoke to me.......

Anyway, I have no clue as to the different varieties for these coins except large and small letters, and I'll be darned if I can figure out which one this is. There's also some Overton varieties of which I have no clue about, either.

Any help or input would be greatly appreciated! In addition, a grade estimate would be helpful. According to the PCGS price guide, I paid about half of what it would be worth if slabbed. If anyone could give me some more info about this coin (and bust halves in general), I'd be most grateful!

Mucho thanks!!,

Rick

NHSBaseball

O- 106?

It looks like line 1 of stripe 2 and line 2 of stripe 4 extend to the 2nd crossbar, but I defer to the many better informed members of this forum.

EF-45, possibly cleaned is my guess from left field, based on the picture.

astrorat

O-106 is probably right, but I would need a glass to confirm some of the diagnostics. It's difficult to tell from the image whether or not it is obverse die 4 (O-106 obverse die) as the key diagnostic is a recut star 1, which is not visible in the image. It does appear to be reverse die E, however.

I would grade it EF-40 with an old cleaning.

Lane

bottleguy

Thanks NHS,

Here's a pic of the shield...... how you were able to pick out the stripey stuff from my first pics, I'll never know. Looks like you were right!!

bottleguy

Hi Lane,

Thanks for your reply!!...... Please let me know what closeup pics you need to help ID the variety and I'll provide them.... Which star is star 1??

Any premium for different varieties??

Thanks, I'm just tryin' to learn here...

Rick

Raybo

I need info on my 1832 also................I just got a decent digi and macro lens, I will try to get some decent images so I can start contributing to these forums.

Nice XF bustie bottleguy!

Ray

Barndog

<< <i>Hi Lane,

Thanks for your reply!!...... Please let me know what closeup pics you need to help ID the variety and I'll provide them.... Which star is star 1??

Any premium for different varieties??

Thanks, I'm just tryin' to learn here...

Rick >>



star 1 is lower left.

Goldbully

Pretty Bustie, Bottleguy, but that BK King is creepin' me out!!!

bottleguy

Here's a pic of the 1st star, and also the base of the shield which is supposed to have a "dot" or something??

Thanks,

Rick

edmerlr

No doubt about it, it's an 1832 O-106, R1


Regards,

Ed R.

habaraca

You say she spoke to you

Well she is screaming to me.

Very nice Lady you picked up there.

astrorat

Thanks for the close-ups, Rick. I stepped away and somebody must have asked about the shield point to see the "B" shaped defect near the point.

No doubt it is O-106.

Lane

BLcoinnut

Great coin,looks XF-40 to me.
Really like the blue toning.

seemyauction

I see someone already gave you the Overton Variety........cool