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Show and Tell - 1833 Bust 5c
Craton
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This coin was given to me by a member of the WINS club. I won it in a late night e-mail list contest. It's the oldest and neatest coin in my collection.
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Nice nose on that 1835!
<< <i>LM 3, R2... most likely 3.1 or 3.2, but it's always tough for me to tell which remarriage it is...
OK, please tell me exactly what all of that means
So, in the case of your coin, it is Obv Die 2 for the year 1833 and the Reverse is Reverse T. If it is the original marriage, it is the first use of Obv 2 and the 3rd use of Rev T. For LM-3.2, the first remarriage of the pair, it is still the first use of Obv 2 (As it hadn't been paired with another reverse die) and it is the 7th use of Rev T, then for LM-3.3, still the first use of Obv-2, and the Ninth use of Rev T. For LM-3.4, it is the Third use of Obv 2, and the 11th use of Rev-T... In the case of Obv-2, it was used 8 times before being retired... Rev-T was used 13 times before being retired... and this die ended up with a VERY cool Cud!!
Edited to add: Oh, and as for the R2... that's Rarity-2 in case you didn'y know... and that's "Fairly common with 501-1000 believed to remain in existance"
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