Ok, I know its holed. I don't care, I was at my local shop today, and the girl put this up on the counter and asked if I was interested. Since I never see bust halves, and the price was right, $19. I snapped that puppy up, I didn't even second guess it. After getting home and taking some pictures and getting a closer look, I saw what appears to be a 3 under the 4. Here are some close-up pics, it looks just like what is in the redbook to me. Feel free to give me your opinions on the 4/3, and your grade, I called it a VG-8, without the hole that is.
I like it, she has a story to tell, possibly a 1814 over 3 -- O-101A - R-2. Remember this little song??? (No offense intended to my British Brethren...) //////////////////////////////////////// In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico We looked down the river and we seed the British come And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eyes We held our fire till we seed their faces well Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em.. Well... we... Fired our guns and the British kept a'comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round We filled his head with cannonballs 'n' powdered his behind And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Hut, hut, three, four Sound off, three, four Hut, hut, three, four Sound off, three, four Hut, hut, three, four
Nice coin BQ. Too bad about the hole but like Bone says..she has a story to tell. And, speak of telling, if you remember that one Bone.....well I won't go there.
Lotsa history alright , mabe that hole is from some Yankee birdshot fired at the Brits as they ran to the gulf of Mexico ? Nice coin . rzage
Ben: Nie tune, I have enjoyed that since the day that it came out, and I thought that I was the only one. bq: Nice, a definite SGS MS-69 (would have made 70, except for the cleaning. bet that you thought that I was gong to say the hole! huh?)
hey Bone, can you lend your expertise on this bust half, because when I look at it, I DON'T see a 3 under the 4, I think I see a ... 1 great pics, better coin, and congrats on becoming bitten by the bust fever!!!
Take a look at this thread. http://coinzip.proboards79.com/index.cgi?board=1814b&action=display&thread=1482
I guess the 3s had a flat top then, and I see how it is a 3 now thanks Ben!!! You always help me, and never make me feel stupid for my opinion, or for asking
Hey Bones, If they think to remember that song makes you old, then what will they think when they hear I own the original Johnny Horton vinyl record with that song. My hubby has one also. jeankay
BQ, Holed or not it is a fine coin!... and special one at that. One of my junk bin world coins has a hole and it is a favored coin in my meager world coin collection. jeankay
I''m 47, but grew up in the Deep South (Centerville, Tx) and songs like this were the ones I remember being played by small three piece bands when my folks used to take us to the local dance halls on Saturday nights in the late 1960s. All the grown-ups would dance and eat while us kids would play/cut-up outside. Great fun when your best friends lived many rural miles away and your only playmate for many a day was just your brother... Ben
