1807 half dollar; O-111 R6, O-113 small stars, or a new variety? Can we debate this one again?
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Not long ago, I made a post about this coin and the opinions went from O-111 R6 to O-113 small stars. This coin is driving me nuts; maybe it's wishful thinking, I don't know... I will admit the reverse has every feature of the O-113 small stars, with the positioning of certain letters and the 50 - C - arrows spacing. But the obverse seems to clearly have Large, well formed stars! The missing left base of the first 1 in the date clearly rules out the two most common varieties. I had really planned on selling the coin, but I can't quite bring myself to do so until I find out for sure....I wonder if I have a new variety here?
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Stars are tapered so depending on wear and how deeply punched into the die will have differing widths. Is it possible that the stars are small, but look big because of this?
The stars are just well worn.
Here are some comparison pics to my 1807 small stars
I think the large ammount of wear is making the stars look larger
here is a small stars and a large stars
Large stars
small stars
(Your coin has all of the attributes of 113, and nothing differing from 113).