My new ebay bust half purchase:

USMoneylover · February 19, 2013 7:16AM

This came in the mail today, I'll be making my own pictures shortly. I believe I got this coin at a bargain because of the castaing damage on the rim being mistaken for PMD. Opinions on grade or anything else welcome. Thanks for looking!

Sellers photos:

lordmarcovan · February 19, 2013 7:21AM

<< castaing damage >>

Whazzat? I would have thought PMD, too.

USMoneylover · February 19, 2013 7:22AM

The castaing machine is what is used to add the lettering to edge of the coin.

USMoneylover · February 19, 2013 7:36AM

<< Looks like it could be a decent coin (hedging my bets). >>

I think it's a pretty nice coin and that it will grade when sent in. After a quick soak in acetone to get the couple of green specs off the obverse, here are my photos:

Wooly · February 19, 2013 7:42AM

Looks to me to have xf details.

lordmarcovan · February 19, 2013 7:42AM

<< The castaing machine is what is used to add the lettering to edge of the coin. >>

I sorta figgered as much, but I'd not noticed the word "castaing" before. Looks like a typo at first!

Anybody have pictures or drawings of such a machine, out of curiosity? I guess the edge lettering was done in segments, 'cause I had one of those edge errors with the words out of sequence, once.

OKbustchaser · February 19, 2013 7:58AM

lkeigwin · February 19, 2013 8:07AM

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<< The castaing machine is what is used to add the lettering to edge of the coin. >>

I sorta figgered as much, but I'd not noticed the word "castaing" before. Looks like a typo at first!

Anybody have pictures or drawings of such a machine, out of curiosity? I guess the edge lettering was done in segments, 'cause I had one of those edge errors with the words out of sequence, once. >>

Here's one the Chinese use for their counterfeits.

Slippage is usually the reason for any out of sequence edge lettering.

What looks like rim damage on OP's coin is likely the result of poor alignment on the castaing machine. The lettering rolled over the edge.
Lance.

hchcoin · February 19, 2013 8:22AM

You gotta love a thread that has a cool bust half, the word castaing in it, and a picture of the machine to boot

lordmarcovan · February 19, 2013 8:32AM

Thanx for the machine pix. I always wondered what one of those looked like.

Ahh... to have been a fly on the wall at the early mint, eh?

TPRC · February 19, 2013 8:35AM

looks pretty nice to me and my initial thought was 45. PCGS will know that the "rim dings" are not rim dings. 13s come weakly struck as a group.

LogPotato · February 19, 2013 8:46AM

Great thread. I've never seen that machine before.

USMoneylover · February 19, 2013 9:28AM

Thanks for all the nice comments. My grade opinion is an XF45 as well. Here is my feeble attempt at a better photo to show the luster:

LanceNewmanOCC · February 19, 2013 9:41AM

<< You gotta love a thread that has a cool bust half, the word castaing in it, and a picture of the machine to boot

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you read my mind

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LanceNewmanOCC · February 19, 2013 9:45AM

<< Here's one the Chinese use for their counterfeits >>

for those of you not good with details, look for the blue arrows on this page. should be 24 images. make sure to view them all. tyvm for linking it pseudo-me
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lkeigwin · February 19, 2013 9:53AM

Here's a photo Charmy included in one of her reports. Colorado Springs July 2011, if I'm reading the filename right. I don't have the details about it but it gives you a nice image of the bar dies.
Lance.

lava · February 19, 2013 10:17AM

Great contributions to a great thread. The 1813 shows the slippage pretty well.

Castaing -- I just wanted to say it/type it.

habaraca · February 19, 2013 1:14PM

Nice get...

Overton 108
and excellant price......

GoBust · February 20, 2013 3:45PM

Nice solid XF40 to XF45 early capped bust half. I really love edge errors from the Castaing machine. I particularly like when edge letters are doubled or tripled. The toughest to find are inverted doubled and plain edge coins (no letter at all on the edge). Here is an example of an 1829/7 O.101a with tripled edge lettering.

Capped Bust Half Dollar Complete Variety Registry PCGS Set