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What's going on with this bust half dollar?

BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
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I posted this half with the Ebay pictures after bidding on it to see if any of the forum members had any ideas about the strange lines on it. I received the coin and after having looked at it, see that there are numerous die cracks or breaks on the surface of both the obverse and reverse. There is a part circle on the obverse that starts at the rim in front of Liberty's forhead, crooses the hair and arcs down across the ear area. the obverse also has the cracks by the date. The reverse has a large raised line starting between OF and AMERICA that crosses the eagle's beak and ends at the N in UNITED. The coin has what initially looked like a rim nick on both sides but upon closer examination I'm not so sure that's what it is. Anyone have any more ideas?



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    EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My guess on that rim problem is that a piece of the planchet flaked off. In any case, it is rather ancient, as evidenced by the apparent original toning within the crack but nowhere else on the coin.

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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,812 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It looks OK to me.
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    BigD5BigD5 Posts: 3,433 ✭
    Cracked die with the planchet problem? The crack/line that goes from the N in UNITED, to the A in AMERICA shows that, along with the many die cracks. The die was literally falling apart. The rim problem, could aslo be damage. I'm hardly an expert with this type of stuff, so wait for more opinions.
    BigD5
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    BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
    After digging around on the net and visiting the auction site for the Russ Logan collection of bust coinage, I believe that this may be a very late die state of the 1812 O-105a. On another website, they make mention of a obverse die crack that starts at the bottom loop of the eight, passing through the top of the second 1 in the date and curling up through the hair, ear and out the brow to end at star 6. While I couldn't find any mention or picture of the large reverse crack, at least it's a place to start. Does anyone have a newer Overton, and if so, what does it say about the obverse cracks on this variety?

    Bill
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