PCGS Seated Half Dollars from 1839-1849 Crusty Original

Southcounty

I was working on some pictures of my early seated half dollars and I figured that the forum might enjoy taking a look. I have added some of the more popular varieties as well. Feel free to give any opinions. As always, this is a work in progress and I am always looking for the next upgrade or more eye appealing example to come along.


































Thanks for looking!
Scott

agentjim007

what do your 1839's grade?

marmac

Wonderful looking set! Look forward to seeing other examples of your set...

agentjim007- your 39 doesn't look too shabby either...

jesbroken

Thanks for sharing, Scott. What a great collection of Seated Halves. You should be proud of this set of coins. Great character and originality. Look forward to seeing more of your collection.
Jim

crypto79

amazing, love the 1840 (o) rev of 38 and the 1844 o doubled date. What are those two of less than 150 in PGCS holders. One of the better collections I have seen on these boards or anywhere.

SaultYooper

I like your 1840 (O) Reverse of 1838. What did it slab at?

Flatwoods

Great looking bunch of coins!!

SkyMan

Some lovely looking coins. Congratulations on a very nice collection of SLHs!

QuarterCollector

Wonderful original set. Thank you for sharing.

Tom

Walkerguy21D

Very nice indeed, and definitely a 'path less traveled'. I love the 'baseball' die crack rev on the 41O - I've read about it, but never seen one until now. Thanks for sharing.
I've been accumulating nicer seated halves when I can find them, but haven't yet committed to trying to do a set. There appear to be a number of tough issues in the series.

pursuitofliberty

Scott,

Very nice selection!

I too love the baseball crack on the 41-O, and your 47 is, mmmm ... yeah baby (IMO)

I like them all, and there are a few I would LOVE to call mine.

Thanks for sharing!!!

coindeuce

The 1840(O) Reverse of 1838 certainly got my attention!

Coinosaurus

Wow! The photography is exceeded only by the coins themselves! Now I want to see the rest of em

fishteeth

very nice set, thanks for posting

richardshipp

Wow... nice looking bunch of coins. The die cracks on the reverse of that one '41-0 are wild.

bidask

Very nice!

Cladiator

InYHWHWeTrust

WOW!! Thanks for making my stop by the forum today worthwhile!!! Beautiful coins and excellent photography! I only collected this set for a short time and gave up (VF-XF), but loved the challenge. That 'baseball' die crack is phenomenal!

LindeDad

WOW some really hard ones to find there. Nice display.

roadrunner

Nice set.

I like the 41-0 baseball and 1840 with rev of 38 as well. The understated luster on the 40-0 is also nice. No early seated half in original condition is common anymore.

Thanks for sharing.

roadrunner

TomB

Seated halves are quite lovely and very tough to find nice.

Walkerguy21D

What attributes does one look for on the 40-O to see if it's a Rev of '38 (from the capped bust half era)?
I looked at my 40-O and it has the same closed talons, flower buds, etc. as the one posted here - the only difference is that mine has a very small O mint mark.

mrearlygold

deltadimeman

scott,
thanks for the look , their great !! 43-o !!!!!!!!!!!

rhedden

Nice coins! Same series & grade range as what I have been collecting lately.

Southcounty

Thanks for the nice comments guys!

To answer a few questions, my 39 ND was graded VF30 by PCGS and the 39 WD was graded AU55 by PCGS. I have considered upgrading my 39 ND but it is the reverse die crack variety that is much more difficult to find, so I don't think I will upgrade it anytime soon.

The 1840 reverse of 38 was graded XF45 and I paid solid AU money for the coin when I purchased her. This variety is difficult to find nice and I am actually working on a die state progression for it so I have been watching most of the examples that come to market.

Walkerguy21D asked what attibutes to look for on the 1840 reverse of 38 and while there are actually quite a few the quick and easy one to notice is the ends of the arrow shafts as the reverse of 38 shows 3 arrow shafts and the standard SLH reverse shows only 2, so check for the middle arrow shaft first.

The 41-O baseball cracked reverse is one of my favorite coins as I believe it is in a VF30 holder and I am only aware of about 4 or 5 of the 41-O baseball cracked reverse halves that are actually in PCGS plastic many of the examples have problems, which when only 30-40 coins are known in total it makes a big difference. I own three examples of the 41-O baseball cracked reverse, this one and one PCGS VF25 and a raw low grade example. This VF30 example is one of only a very small number that in my opinion are both problem free and original looking. Some of them, even a few in PCGS holders, appear to me to have been dipped or cleaned. Keep your eyes out for one, there are bound to be a few more around still.

Thanks for looking,
Scott

CLC2010

That's a really nice group of seated halves. Nice rare varieties and most of them are choice for the grade!

RichieURich

Very nice original coins, Southcounty! Congratulations!

MrEureka

Cool, inspirational post. There should be more like it!

dyolfbp

Killer set of halfs....

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

Very nice collection! I like the look of those much more than any set of prestine ms69/70 coins.
These have tons of character and almost pull you back into the 1840's!

Thank you for sharing these with us!

mojorizn

WOW! That '41-O cracked reverse is awesome. Cladiator must agree. He pulled out my favorite one of the batch before I got to it.

Mojo

jhdfla

Wonderful set and thanks for sharing it with us!