I just have to show this one off - I cherrypicked this at a show this weekend . She is only in VG-F condition but I really dont care. 1807 50 over 20 Capped Bust Half - O-111 This variety is an R6 the hardest of the 1807's to come across . NGC doesn't have one in their population report & I have not been able to find one in Heritage's archives for previous auctions. There are a bunch of O-111a & O-111b's but not a single O-111 ! Just super excited about it and thought a few of you Bust Nuts would get a kick out of seeing it.
Well congratulations! I'm no bust nut, I mean they're pretty and all, but I love hearing about a good find. So far, the best I've managed is a few R3/R4 half cents at shows and on eBay. Fish
Worth sending in for authentication. The lower left serif on the 1 in the date looks too big to me to be O-111. Hope I'm wrong. Congrats on a nice bust half!
The serif on the 1 is still than the others just doenst appear as stubby as the one in Overton , also it has no die breaks to indicate it being a O-111a or O-111b. It cant be a O-112 since it has a different obverse. Here is a decent picture of the unfinished B in Liberty along with showing the ribbing on the bottoms of the letters. I will be sending it in but, it will be going to NCS first & if it is OK then on to NGC. Im pretty positive but I wont know for sure until I get it back-
Well , it came back from NCS conserved & attributed O-111 - Here it is Genuine with Fine details. Just wanted to give an update- Cheers-
Great pickup! Sorry to see it go into an NCS rather than an NGC holder -- I would have thought, based upon the first photos, that it might have been slabbed by NGC. Regardless, nice pickup of a difficult variety & thanks for sharing...Mike
Great cherrypick!! Congrats on the variety. That coin definitely has nice eye appeal for a cleaned coin, and I wouldn't have been surprised to see is in a regular NGC holder.
Now have it looked at by an expert on capped bust halves because that is not a 111. It looks to me to be a 112. Just because it is in an NCS slab is meaningless. NCS/NGC have lousy records for getting variety attributions correct.
