Please help me with this Bust Half Dollar

Romankow

Hi. Can you please help me determine if this 1830 half dollar has large letters or small letters on the reverse? Thank you.
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thebeav

It looks like the normal letter variety to me. On the large letter, the 'E' in states is a little larger than the 'T and S' on either side of it. Your's appears to be the same size or possibly a bit smaller.

LoveMyLiberty

Compare these two types shown in CoinFacts.

grip

Small.

COCollector

Just for fun, I consulted my Parsley book...

I think your Bust Half is an O-104 (R.3 "scarce").

But I'm not 100% sure. Maybe an expert will chime in.

lkeigwin

Close. It's a normal letters O.115.

The very scarce large letters O.114 is most easily distinguished by the close spacing of the words UNITED and STATES.

Below is the O.115 small/normal letters and the O.114 large letters.
Lance.

LoveMyLiberty

I see it as an O-115 R.2, small 0.

Compare the rev 5 in 0-115 is well under the arrow feathers,
the 0 in the date is higher than the 3, S13 is pointing
to below the hair curl, as 0-104 S13 points behind the
curl. Also the 0 in 50 C, is even with the five, while the
0-104 has the 0 in 50 C higher & leans left.
Arrow 3 is closer to A3 in 0-115, but further from A3 in
0-104.