From The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars by Wiley and Bugert. WB-101. NORMAL DATE. (MANY DIES) Many marriages exist for this variety. (Breen-4850 and 4854) "“Halos” can often be found around the stars, the digits in the date, and to a lesser extent, the central device of many head dies for this date. We believe that the cause for this “halo” phenomenon can be traced back to the construction äf a temporary master die for this date as well as 1853 and 1855. in each year, a regular working die was converted to a temporary master die by repunching all stars and heavily impressing a date and arrows heads. All elements were impressed with such force that the bases of the punches transferred to the die as halos around each element. These halos transferred from the master die to the working hub and subsequent working dies and coins such that early die state coins of all early dies show the phenomenon. We believe this accounts for the doubling and tripling of features (e.g. date and stars) found on many dies of this date. "
Just for future reference, Overton only covers early halves (1794-1836). Wiley and Bugert is pretty much the only reference for Seated Liberty Halves.
I'm wondering on that half series and was looking for a good reference for the liberty seated's, is this a one i should look into getting?
There is only one reference book on the Seated Lib series, and that is the Wiley & Bugert book mentioned earlier. However, it has been out of print for 15 years, a hard copy will set you back a decent amount. Luckily, it is online in its entirety, legally and for free, at this website: http://www.stellacoinnews.com/
thank for the help! Thanks I found good link http://www.stellacoinnews.com/index...omplete-guide-to-liberty-seated-half-dollars/
Just as a follow-up: There is no premium for these halo pieces. And they are really not sought after by specialists. They are interesting, but that's about it.
Well, I think it is a Longacre doubling. Your coin seems to be an outlining doubling -Longacre doubling-, it don´t seems to be just an halo. www.coinresourse.com Read a good mystery coin lately? Look for it. Halos are very slight, normaly, that´s why they call halos. Is a very interesting coin, but to warn. Good luck!
They have been doing some in depth books expanding the original seated half book. It is now a series of books each covering the output of a different mint. I believe they have done three of the books so far. The original book onlycovered the most obvious varieties but the new books cover every known variety.
Might is wrong... It will help a lot, but I´m wondering if it was a good trace for the topic it self. Thanks anyway. I´m sorry: www.coinresource.com
