Remarriage, not marriage. You half dime guys might be familiar with the concept. When I gather some more pics (waiting on Nysoto), I'll provide the story. It is related to that new cud on the 1806 O.106 I bought in the Long Beach sale. And reaffirms that Overton cared not a whit about emission sequence. Just because the overdates are listed first, doesn't mean they were struck first. It may be that all the 1806 overdates came a bit later in the year while the mint workers patiently awaited the arrival of that snazzy new set of punches with the streamlined pointed 6.
Interesting. A new re-marriage is a big thing...very cool if it pans out for you! I'm guessing it's been or being confirmed?
I think the Overton text is very lacking in the re-marriage department. Perhaps in the next edition (years from now) this subject will be tackled. Alot can be learned at how Logan and McCloskey catalogued the half dime re-marriages.
Downey, Herrman, and Nysoto confirmed it. Also a coin that Nysoto researched on Heritage confirms that all the overdates except 101 came later in the year, and it also seems that most die marriages of 1806 ended because of a cud forming and ruining either the obverse or reverse die. these marriages include 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 114, 118, 120, 122. So far. Also, 109 failed because of a massive die crack, also 112, 121, 127. 126 reverse was spoiled due to raised segments from a fallen die, similar to 1809 O.107 and 108. A question for someone needing a topic for a master's thesis- why did this happen, and what did the mint do to correct the problem the following year?
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I think the Overton text is very lacking in the re-marriage department. Perhaps in the next edition (years from now) this subject will be tackled. Alot can be learned at how Logan and McCloskey catalogued the half dime re-marriages.