Is this 1819 Capped Bust half anything special? Rim error...
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Sorry for the crappy closeup, but it's the best I could do. Also, Cents is overlapping Cents something like this:
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Interesting, but no significant premium.
I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.
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usually doesn't bring a premium, but neat error. Let's see some pics of the Obv. and Rev. As OKbustchaser said, it may be a rare Overton variety.
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<< <i>I collect edge varity errors and this one is one of the most common observed adn although intersting does not bring a premium currently. usually missing words or doubled words are required for even mosdest premiums becasue of the frequency of errors on early bust havles. tripled edge letters adn inverted, double letters bring modest premiums, the rarest edege letter error are a plain edge (a complete absence of edge lettering). The Overton/Parsely book lists an entore seroes of edge errors in the book's appendix. Its nice to see other looking at the third die from the Castaing macine.
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Do these varieties get factored into the overton designations? My 1805 draped bust half was designated as an O-113a and one of the letters is off on the edge. Is that what makes it a 113a or is it something else and that rim variety can also happen? I know this questions is probably answered in the book of early halves but I dont have that book yet
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<< <i>I collect edge varity errors and this one is one of the most common observed adn although intersting does not bring a premium currently. usually missing words or doubled words are required for even mosdest premiums becasue of the frequency of errors on early bust havles. tripled edge letters adn inverted, double letters bring modest premiums, the rarest edege letter error are a plain edge (a complete absence of edge lettering). The Overton/Parsely book lists an entore seroes of edge errors in the book's appendix. Its nice to see other looking at the third die from the Castaing macine.
Be well edgfe lookers! >>
Do these varieties get factored into the overton designations? My 1805 draped bust half was designated as an O-113a and one of the letters is off on the edge. Is that what makes it a 113a or is it something else and that rim variety can also happen? I know this questions is probably answered in the book of early halves but I dont have that book yet
No, the Overton numbers designate particular obverse and reverse die marriages. The edge lettering has nothing to do with it. The "a" added to O-113 in your example shows signifies that it is from a later die state with a heavy die crack on the reverse through MERIC (later becomes a retained cud).
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