1813 Half Dollar - request for grade , variety type and value

Good Evening
The pictures are of an 1813 half that will be in a lot of coins I wish to purchase. The other coins I think i have a good grasp of value on, but I have no expertise with capped bust halves. The edge lettering does clearly have the Half Dollar and Fifty Cents on it. This coin also appears to have a clashed E Pluribus Unum portion under the bust on the obverse.

I am looking to know both what grade you would assign it, if there is a specific variety type you can tell it is (and if value is affected), and what a fair purchase price would be for me.

Thanks so much for your help.

 

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I'd call it vg details as the obverse appears cleaned greysheet on an 1813 in vg is $67 so with the cleaning I'd call it around $50

 

The really pronounced die clash on the obverse is very cool too

 

O-110 R-1. R-1 coins are considered common...

 

i've never seen a capped bust for only $67........

 

i'd say it's VG10, cleaned. not sure on variety

 

Probably a little more than that, but certainly under $90.

 

$75 is about the cheapest i've ever seen. usually they're in the $90-$110 range. i was thrilled to find a VF-20 1834 for only $80. usually the $75-$90 coins are damaged or very low grade

 

Being an R-1 variety(1250+ known; AKA: common), cleaned and worn it would only receive a details grade. Therefore, I would say this coin would sell for $75-85 on ebay. Love the clashing though!

 

I think you could post a 1969 s double die on here and people would tell you it's nothing. I'd say take it to a real coin dealer and let them give you an estimate. A lot of people posting on this site think every coin is common it seems. Nice coin btw.

 

Bust halves are all I buy/sell anymore. The O-110, according to Overton is a "common" coin. But, if you follow the bust half market, this one seems to come up over and over again. I actually do completely agree with him putting this at an R-1. I am not saying, nor did I say, this is a "nothing" coin. I am just stating what Trouble has asked for. He/she posted this looking for opinions. That is my 100% honest opinion.

PS- There are A LOT of "real dealers" on CT.

 

Bust halves had real high mintages and real high survival rates especially for early coins with the discontinuation of the silver dollar in 1803they were the largest circulating denomination in silver they made a ton of em and many were in bank vaults so the common ness and the high survival rate even in high grade and if it were a die pair that lasted long and struck many coins you get a common variety