Now this is crust!

ElmerFusterpuck

ANACS F-15 1830 Capped Bust Half

anablep

Wonderful example of an original coin.

Wish they'd all look like that after 180 years.

seemyauction

Nice looking coin, do you know what die marriage it is?

4,764,800 Minted (estimate) in 1830
15 Obverse Dies & 20 Reverse Dies produced 23 Die Marriages.

6 R1's
8 R2's
7 R3's
4 R4's
1 R5's

jdillane

very nice, indeed. The contrast between the fields and devises is appealing.

Mesquite

That coin qualifies for the lordmc's circulated cameo thread! Great look.

fc

looks like the high points were wiped a bit to clean off the toning.
the reverse, the shield, is how all the high points should look.

lightly cleaned on the high points is my opinion. look at liberty's
cap by the words "liberrty". the whole coin used to look like that.

jdillane

<< <i>looks like the high points were wiped a bit to clean off the toning.
the reverse, the shield, is how all the high points should look.

lightly cleaned on the high points is my opinion. look at liberty's
cap by the words "liberrty". the whole coin used to look like that. >>



FC is probably right but I doubt that the wipe would result in a BB from any top tier holder. Then again, if the wipe left hairlines, that's a whole different ballgame.

fc

I doubt that the wipe would result in a BB from any top tier holder.

i agree. nice coin but not what i look for if i collected bust silver.
in hand any hairlines would be easy to detect, if none, slab it!