Post Your Draped Bust $1/2

Treashunt

Well, we have Capped & Flowing hair $1/2's, so time for another design:

An 1807
O-107a
R-4








More, and better ones to follow

Treashunt

One of my favorites, done long ago:

1807
O-102

pmac

<< <i>One of my favorites, done long ago:

1807
O-102




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Did you take a picture when it fell on the carpet?

Treashunt

nah, that is where the sun was for that day.

I am lousy at taking pictures.

Walkerguy21D

I think this is a common variety, but I got to pick this out of an old half dollar album that Ed and Lance Hipps had just acquired at a Summer FUN show
a few years back:

Treashunt

Walkerguy:

Nice pick up

mgoodm3

Baley

SkyMan

My only one.

Treashunt

SkyMan

FYI:

Pointed 6, no stem

O-109
R-1

Nice piece

Treashunt

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nice,

O-101
R-3

Best part is that you only need one more to have a complete die set for the 1801.

Treashunt

Walker:

1807
O-109a
R-3

nice

Treashunt

mgood:

1807
O-105
R-1

BillJones

I have owned this piece in my type set for more than 35 years. I bought it back when Paramount Coin was holding auction sales in New York City in conjunction with the Grand Central coin conventions. It is a very common variety, Overton 115A, with the recut "TY" in "LIBERTY".

Note: This is old thread so that is why so many "X"s are showing up. My pictures used to be linked to "Photobucket."




Paramount graded this AU-50 in their catalog. Today it is in an NGC AU-58 holder. The coin has a lot of mint luster, but the parts of detail was weakly struck, which is typical for many 1806-7 Draped Bust Half Dollars.

pmac

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I think I have her sister, but the dig is in the 'r' instead of the 'b' in Liberty. I don't do pictures, sorry.

Baley

OKbustchaser

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nice,

O-101
R-3

Best part is that you only need one more to have a complete die set for the 1801.
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Just for the sake of completeness...

johnny9434

<< <i>I have owned this piece in my type set for more than 35 years. I bought it back when Paramount Coin was holding auction sales in New York City in conjunction with the Grand Central coin conventions. It is a very common variety, Overton 115A, with the recut "TY" in "LIBERTY".

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nice coin

Treashunt

nice one, Johnny

fivecents

BillJones

Here is the last silver type coin I needed to complete my half cent to non gold dollar type set. It's the one coin that stops just about everybody. The reason these things are so scarce is that the banks and other businesses that deposited silver at the first U.S. mint to be made into coins wanted silver dollars. From 1796 to 1803 the mint largely bowed to those requests although mint officials did push back from time to time to get depositors to take other denominations. This is the reason why half dollars from 1796 to 1803 tend to be rare to scarce.

In 1795 the mint did not have a press that could exert enough pressure to make silver dollars for the first six months of the year, so the depositors had to take half dollars instead. That's why there are enough 1795 Flowing Hair half dollars around to make them "collectable." After the silver dollar production was suspended in 1803, the depositors had to take half dollars again which boosted the mintage for the series from 1805 onward.

This coin grades Fine-15, and it might still be the piece that represents that grade on the Coin Facts page.

Steve27

Treashunt

Bill
Amazing piece.

JRocco

Notice the difference in detail on the obverse vs reverse of the 1807 O-106
This is the third use of this obverse die, hence its shallow relief compared to the reverse die.

JRocco

But my favorite DBH
1806/5 O-104a R5
This is the third use of this obverse die and the fifth use of the reverse die.
This obverse die was used, annealed, overdated, hardened and then used again.
The reverse cuds are the main diagnostic to this "a" die state

WingedLiberty1957

PCGS VF25

sniocsu

Very nice draped bust halves!!

Baley

JRocco

I think Baley could keep this thread going for quite a while with all the beauties he has.

Here is the 1806 O-118a
Shattered Die Reverse.

lordmarcovan

The 1806 O-129 discovery coin used to be mine.

Before it became the O-129 discovery coin.

Ah, well. Win some, lose some. Prolly the biggest cherrypick to ever slip through my fingers (though if there were any others, I'm blissfully ignorant of 'em.)

AnkurJ

PCGS VF35 CAC. Guttag Collection

lkeigwin

None of these is mine. I just got to take care of them for a while. I thought some members would like to see them.

Jrocco, you have some wonderful pieces! I'm so jealous. You too, Ankur.
Lance.

Baley

Very nice all, the above group just spectacular lkeigwin.

JRocco, you seem to have quite a few DBHEs, including some great varieties

Here's an 1805/4

(sorry about it's in the wrong plastic, just haven't cracked it out yet)

1805 O.106

this was my first draped bust half dollar

Tortuga

Baley

<< <i>But my favorite DBH
1806/5 O-104a R5
This is the third use of this obverse die and the fifth use of the reverse die.
This obverse die was used, annealed, overdated, hardened and then used again.
The reverse cuds are the main diagnostic to this "a" die state



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JRocco, your coin (and photos) are so much nicer than my humble example of the variety

Baley

1806/5 O.101 on this die the underdate 5 doesn't show as clearly as the other overdated obverse



1806 O.107 "round top 6"



1806 O.125a "pointed top 6"



1806O.109 pointed 6 no stem through claw

Treashunt

Some beautiful Stuff.

Thanks, all for posting

Treashunt

1806
O-127a

Formerly an R-7

Now R-6+



Grade: G-4
[Note: no condition census given for die state. However, O-127: 20,20,15,12,12)
Obverse: 12-s2
Reverse: H

Diagnostics:
Obverse: Die Crack, Y above T at top.
Reverse: Berries do not have stems.

Treashunt

Just to wake up this thread:

1803 O-103 R-3

1803
O-103

R-3 [as are all 4 die marriages]

Obv 1, as all are. [NOTE: SEE NOTE BELOW].

Rev: C, Leaf nearly touches base of I.
13 arrows.

This seems to be Prime die state, w/o trace of reverse die crack.

Treashunt

1805
O-111

F-15

reverse:

Treashunt

1806 O-106 R-4

A better die marriage.

pictures not in the 2X2, just for reference

Treashunt

1806 O-119 R-3

1806
O-119
R-3

Obv: Weakness at curls.
Re: Defect line left point of shield to scroll

[again, camera died, sorry for poor pictures.]

A true crusty oldie.

Pictures not in the holder, just for reference

Treashunt

last, for now:

1806 O-125a R-5

A scarce die marriage:

Walkerguy21D

A neat little series....I always wished they had included a spot in the 7070 album for these, as the more common dates/varieties are certainly affordable.

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Treashunt

@Walkerguy21D said:
A neat little series....I always wished they had included a spot in the 7070 album for these, as the more common dates/varieties are certainly affordable.

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agreed, they blew it