Lets see some nice old worn Bust half dollars.

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Larry's 1827 is a beautiful coin!

 

Axial lighting.



This coin was dipped before I bought it, and retoned in paper.

 

do you think it could slab?

 

Maybe. I haven't looked at it in a while, the patina may have deepened even more.

 

1808 O-108

 

O-120

 

Double post.

 

Retoned beautiful

 

O-111

 

very pretty

 

Time for more, I guess.

 

1818 next

 

1818 O-101 [1818/7] R-1
1818/7 O-101

Grade: F-12
R- 1

Obverse: 1
Reverse: A

Diagnostics:
Obverse: First large 8 Crossbar shows above 8
Reverse: UNITED very close to rim

 

Missing picture of 1818
O-102

 

1818 O-102a [1818/7] R-2
1818/7 O-102a

Grade: VF
R-2

Obverse: 2
Reverse: B

Diagnostics:
Obverse: First 8 small - Crossbar barely shows above 8
Break partly fills upper loop of 8.
Reverse: second crossbar extends to right

 

1818 O-103 [1818/7] R-3
1818 O-103 [1818/7] R-3

Grade: VF-25 [NGC]

Obverse 1-s2
Rev: C

Diagnostics:
Obverse: First 8 large, crossbar shows above 8, die cracks.
Reverse:
Die Dot below RI

 

1818 O-106a R-3
1818 O-106a

Grade: VF
R-3

Obverse: 4
Reverse: D

Diagnostics:
Obverse:
Reverse: Solid triple segment above R.
Die crack.

 

1818
O-108
Pincer 8's

Easy to ID, just look for the openings on the top of the 8's.

Obverse: Star 1 points to lower edge of dentil. Both “8’s” have openings in their tops, resembling lobster pinchers.
Reverse: Low “50 C” has a slender “5”. There is a tiny triangle at the bottom of stripe 6. Top of “S” in scroll often filled. Left sides of “I” and “T” are in line. (Reverse shared with O-115.)