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Bust Half question: "Curly 2" 1827 and 1828
LanLord
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Everything I read about the curly 2 variety for 1827 and 1828 is that they are no more rare than the square 2 variety.
My experience has been much the opposite, perhaps I was just hitting an unlucky streak, but it took me over a year to
find even one of those varieties, and it was an additional 6 to 9 months before I found one (of each) that I would be happy with owning.
Anyone else collect by die marriages have similar (or even opposing) opinion or experience?
I must have gone to 3 or 4 moderate to large shows and at least a half dozen small ones, as well as visiting coin dealers in 4 different states.
My experience has been much the opposite, perhaps I was just hitting an unlucky streak, but it took me over a year to
find even one of those varieties, and it was an additional 6 to 9 months before I found one (of each) that I would be happy with owning.
Anyone else collect by die marriages have similar (or even opposing) opinion or experience?
I must have gone to 3 or 4 moderate to large shows and at least a half dozen small ones, as well as visiting coin dealers in 4 different states.
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<< <i>No answers? No interest? Or did I finally succeed in pizzing everyone off? >>
Sometimes you have to wait more than 16 minutes for an answer. >>
I have all the patience of a starving infant.
The reason why the curl 2 type are not much more costly than the square base 2, is due to the fact that many collectors of bust half dollars collect by Overton variety and thus Overton 147 and 146 are just two of the 149 varities available for the 1827 date. Date collectors of bust halfs typically do not distinguish by varieties within date so the curl 2 is not a factor for most date collectors.
Another interesting fact is that many price guides list the 1827 square base type to be more expensive even though the availability ratio of square base to curl base is around 25 to 1.
As for 28's the ratio is closer to 20 to 1 but again, only Redbook and Overton collectors need them.
Jim