The elusive 1915-O Barber Half has been found

Manorcourtman · August 24, 2009 11:04AM

Some crazy eBay newbie has unearthed an elusive and rare 1915-O Barber half dollar: Ebay link-o

blu62vette · August 24, 2009 11:08AM

What partially filled die forms and O?

AUandAG · August 24, 2009 11:16AM

Fake or D that's been hit? His pic look like an O to me.
Hmmmmm

bob

MoneyCollector · August 24, 2009 11:23AM

Too bad its not the more elusive 1915 Micro O!

HoledandCreative · August 24, 2009 3:35PM

A pair of sliced halves?

pnylvr · August 24, 2009 11:58PM

If you want to describe it as being unique, it should be described as:

1915-O Dime - reverse pitted face variety.

mr3holesinone · August 25, 2009 4:42AM

I won it. Now what do I do with it? lol

Here's my thoughts... From looking at the "O" it appears to be a real "O". The top of the O is the same thickness as the side of the O. On "D" mintmarks there is a tapering away from the sides and it gets narrow at the top and bottom. The big question I have, Is the photo a second coin? While the pitting appears to very similar on both sides this doesn't mean a second coin wasn't used for the pic. Breen in his Encyclopedia doesn't mention anything about it so I assume it is probably a "D" that was altered a long time ago. It doesn't appear to be a glued on mintmark as the bottom of the O is worn down into the field. Should be interesting to see what shows up.

Unfortunately this won't be my biggest Barber mistake. That honor rests with my Micro O.

MrEureka · August 25, 2009 5:16AM

If it's a contemporary counterfeit it's a neat item, and probably a bargain.

ricko · August 25, 2009 5:23AM

Should be interesting.... worth investigating at that price... let us know what you find... Cheers, RickO

jonathanb · August 25, 2009 6:40AM

It looks similar to the "1903-D" Barber quarter that I've posted a few times:

SeaEagleCoins · August 25, 2009 7:29AM

While we all know that pics are not always accurate... the color of the Obv. just doesn't look like a "match" to the color of the Rev... I wonder if the pics are of the same coin

MFH · August 26, 2009 1:43AM

Boy oh Boy, am I glad my Dansco has a few empty holes after the 1915-S.

That baby's mine !!

PonyExpress8 · August 26, 2009 2:17AM

Now wouldn't that be something if there were some leftover dies in 1909 after New Orleans ceased coining operations and by accident one got sent to Denver in 1915. Shades of 1900-O/CC maybe. But my guess is you have to genuine halves sliced and spliced to make a whole (half dollar).

Fun piece. Mike, I call your bet and re-raise you 3x.

coolest · August 26, 2009 2:51AM

<< <i>It looks similar to the "1903-D" Barber quarter that I've posted a few times:

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What is the story on the 03-D quarter?

MPLunatic · August 26, 2009 2:58AM

man I threw in a bid 4 hours before it closed around 12am and was winning but I still didnt get it

mr3holesinone · August 26, 2009 11:27AM

Jonathan, any more details on the 1903-D Quarter? It looks evenly worn and has a similar patina on both sides, very cool.

Lunatic, I put my bid in before going to bed late (early?) also. I think my max bid was only a dollar or two higher.

jonathanb · August 26, 2009 12:04PM

Sorry, no details about the 1903-D quarter. The local dealer bought a few in a batch of junk silver, and I spotted them. He pulled them from the batch, of course. I thought it was neat, but I don't know anything about it. That was a couple of years ago. I can wave my hands and say that it must be a contemporary counterfeit. Mostly that's just because I haven't seen any others, and I assume that a bunch would have turned up by now if they were produced recently.

The color isn't quite right for a normal circulated Barber quarter. It's not very wrong, but wrong enough for me to look twice. The pics posted here are fairly accurate.

I'd certainly be interested to hear more if anyone else has any info.

jonathan

The elusive 1915-O Barber Half has been found

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