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chipper10 · January 6, 2012 2:27AM

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Billet7 · January 6, 2012 3:34AM

I used to have one of those! They're really cool if you ask me! Dramatic to say the least.

STONE · January 6, 2012 3:58AM

1832 O-101a (R1) die marriage. Looks AU-53, maybe 55

I suppose it's a score if you picked it up for like $75, but I don't think it's worth much over $250

richardshipp · January 6, 2012 4:00AM

Looks nice to me. Congrats.

chipper10 · January 6, 2012 1:52PM

<< <i>1832 O-101a (R1) die marriage. Looks AU-53, maybe 55

I suppose it's a score if you picked it up for like $75, but I don't think it's worth much over $250 >>

Really? Coinfacts lists it as $900 in AU-55 with the most recent sale for a PCGS graded AU-55 being at Stacks/Bowers in Baltimore in March 2011 ending at $1265.

Twincam · January 6, 2012 5:25PM

Nice looking half...

astrorat · January 6, 2012 9:44PM

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<< <i>1832 O-101a (R1) die marriage. Looks AU-53, maybe 55

I suppose it's a score if you picked it up for like $75, but I don't think it's worth much over $250 >>

Really? Coinfacts lists it as $900 in AU-55 with the most recent sale for a PCGS graded AU-55 being at Stacks/Bowers in Baltimore in March 2011 ending at $1265. >>

There are more complete pricing guides than Coinfacts for Capped Bust halves, such as Steve Herrman's price reports and Dave Rutherford's site: http://www.busthalfprices.com

A more recent (than Coinfacts) report of a sales of an 1832 O-101a PCGS slabbed example was from August 2011 where a PCGS-53 brought $450. An ANACS-55 example sold for $310 in April 2011. There likely were other factors that lead to the extraordinary price realized for the Stacks/Baltimore example. Did it have a provenance that Bust Half Nuts want? Was it undergraded? Was it misattributed and actually a rarer variety.

IF, and that's not a given (as the coin looks cleaned to me), the coin resided in an AU-graded PCGS holder, I doubt it would sell in an open market for over $400. Outside a slab, if it sold for over $300 I would be stunned into silence. Consider that it would cost you upwards of $50-60 (or more) to submit a single CBH valued at over $300 to PCGS to grade (including postage and insurance both ways and all fees).

The 1832 O-101 and 1832 O-101a are common coins, they are just in the Redbook and as a result there are more collectors looking for them. If you keep your eye open, you will see these about as often as mustard stains on a coin dealer's middle-aged paunch.

With all that written ... I hope the coin sparks an interest in the CBH series for you! It's a challenging series, but a lot of fun.

Edited for spelling...

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