New Purchase: Low Grade, Damaged Capped Bust Half Dime
Barndog
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In Volume 16, Issue 2 (February 2005) of the John Reich Journal, authors Stephen A. Crain and Dr. Glenn Peterson cataloged capped bust half dimes with cuds. Concerning the 1829 LM-3/V-2, they wrote: "1829 LM-3/V-2 develops a die break at IT of UNITED. This "full cud" is extremely rare, with only two examples known to the authors. It was discovered during the research for the Logan/McCloskey half dime book, innocently residing in a contributor's collection." (emphasis added)
There is also one additional specimen sold 2-3 years ago that the authors did not know about when they wrote the article in the John Reich Journal (unbelievably, it is in an NGC MS-64 holder! It resides in the collection of a half dime collector from Connecticut, IIRC).
Anyway, here's number four insofar as reported specimens go. Yes, it is ultra-low grade, has damage, and the cud can't be clearly seen, but if you know what to look for you can find the cud. I "professionally photoshopped"
the reverse image to show the area of the cud, which truly is visible only around the letter T in UNITED. I thought I might never find an example of this die marriage with a cud. Fortune smiled upon me again.
There is also one additional specimen sold 2-3 years ago that the authors did not know about when they wrote the article in the John Reich Journal (unbelievably, it is in an NGC MS-64 holder! It resides in the collection of a half dime collector from Connecticut, IIRC).
Anyway, here's number four insofar as reported specimens go. Yes, it is ultra-low grade, has damage, and the cud can't be clearly seen, but if you know what to look for you can find the cud. I "professionally photoshopped"
the reverse image to show the area of the cud, which truly is visible only around the letter T in UNITED. I thought I might never find an example of this die marriage with a cud. Fortune smiled upon me again. 0
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and john madden gets a royalty everytime you photoshop like that
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With a pop that low any example is neat.
Even this made me happy to find:
(clashed with a seated 50c)
<< <i>So you cherrypicked this, or did you pay a specialist dealer $7,500 to get it?
less than that...A LOT LESS!
But hey, congrats on a great score
<< <i>Geez you've been getting lucky with your half-dimes lately Barndog.
But hey, congrats on a great score
His little radar has been pinging away like crazy lately...
42/92
<< <i>Geez you've been getting lucky with your half-dimes lately Barndog. >>
I doubt luck had much to do with it.
Congrats Barndog!
The second reported example of this cud was 'stumbled' onto by a Tennessee collector while at the table of Jack Beymer at a FUN Show several years ago. For those who know him, Jack Beymer does his own attributions, and one rarely ever cherrypicks anything at his table. This Tennessee collector bought the coin as a curiousity, and showed it to me while taking a short break from the bourse floor. I indicated to my friend just what he had there, and his AU-58 specimen is now part of his NGC Registry set of Capped Bust half dimes. It was the finest known example until the MS-64 example showed up.
My own example is from the Jules Reiver collection, and is a nice EF-45 piece (raw).
The population of this rare cud is growing, but it still remains a high R7 die state. Congratulations!
That article I referred to in the initial post is a MUST-READ for people who seriously pursue capped bust half dimes