Exhibit: Bust Half - 1823 - Nov of 06 - ldhair The 1823 sure had a lot of varieties. After a lot of looking at old auctions, I think this might be the O-104. Please correct me as I’m probably wrong. The look of the date made me first think it was the O-111, but the reverse was wrong. I posted a couple of images at the bottom, of the dates from my coin and an O-111. They look so much alike it confuses me. This is also a great example of machine doubling. Many years ago Coin World imaged this coin for an article on the subject. I don’t think it was ever published. These are the date images that confuse me. The first is my coin and the second is the O-111. Note the weak spot in the 8, the 2, and the 3 look the same on both coins. That made me think it was the same die but the dentils don’t line up the same to the date. It is the O-104 after more work. All these images were from me learning a new Canon SLR with the Sigma 150 macro. They came off the camera at about 1900X and saved as jpgs. The only edit was a quick crop that was saved as a new image. That way I still had the original for future use. They were loaded to Photobucket at the sizes in this post. I did this one in a rush but I'll get something better up in a few days Larry
