The 1828 bust half, with a few pictures and questions
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In building a Redbook set of Bust halves, the 1828 varieties are not only very interesting, but can also be very challenging to find in nice shape.
Besides the curl base 2, Curl base Knob 2, Square base Large 8's and Square base small 8's, you also have the large letter, small letter and crowded
letter reverses. The variations in letter size were found in the 1828 square base 2 with small 8's.
The Small letter reverse, O119, is an R3 but has taken me 5 yrs to finally upgrade to a decent looking coin
The regular reverse O110-O117 and 120-121 are common
The Large letter with letter crowded (UNITEDSTATES variety) O118 is also an R3. Try finding one though. I have been watching for one for a few yrs and
finally cherrypicked this one a few months ago. The coin is a cleaned VF with some rim dings, however, it may be a while before I find a suitable upgrade
Couple of questions:
Should the O118 (crowded letters) have its own Redbook entry? I ask because the reverse for the O118 was used again in 1829 (O110) and 1830 R5 (O114), these coins
have there own redbook entry
Second, will PCGS list the O118 as anything other than Large letters? Would be nice if they could label the slab to differentiate the O118 from the other large letter
reverses
Lastly does anyone else have any pictures on the O118's, O119's or the 1829 and 1830 crowded letters
1828 O119 small letters
1828 large letters
1828 O119 Crowded letters
Besides the curl base 2, Curl base Knob 2, Square base Large 8's and Square base small 8's, you also have the large letter, small letter and crowded
letter reverses. The variations in letter size were found in the 1828 square base 2 with small 8's.
The Small letter reverse, O119, is an R3 but has taken me 5 yrs to finally upgrade to a decent looking coin
The regular reverse O110-O117 and 120-121 are common
The Large letter with letter crowded (UNITEDSTATES variety) O118 is also an R3. Try finding one though. I have been watching for one for a few yrs and
finally cherrypicked this one a few months ago. The coin is a cleaned VF with some rim dings, however, it may be a while before I find a suitable upgrade
Couple of questions:
Should the O118 (crowded letters) have its own Redbook entry? I ask because the reverse for the O118 was used again in 1829 (O110) and 1830 R5 (O114), these coins
have there own redbook entry
Second, will PCGS list the O118 as anything other than Large letters? Would be nice if they could label the slab to differentiate the O118 from the other large letter
reverses
Lastly does anyone else have any pictures on the O118's, O119's or the 1829 and 1830 crowded letters
1828 O119 small letters
1828 large letters
1828 O119 Crowded letters
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