Can someone can tell the O variety from the depicted 1835 half dollar? I have still not received the half dollar die variety "bible" which I purchased recently. NGC's variety plus web site does not provide any detailed information neither...
It is an O-101 R1. Couple interesting things with this one. The reverse was a carry over from the reverse of an 1834. The knob on the obverse 5 is sort of messed up. As is the I in pluribus.
nice pick up. which edition of Overton did you get? next, get Peterson's book, makes the id'ing easier. Good luck on your search
@treashunt: I bought this one: "US Early Half Dollar Die Varieties, 4th edition" from 2005, author is D.Parsley. as I paid $130 incl. ridiculously expensive shipping fees to Europe please tell me it's any good ;-)
yes, good edition. Many folks prefer the 3rd because the pictures are better, but the 4th is more complete. And, some descriptions are better. That said, wow, shipping is expensive.
Mikem, Treashunt, could you please point me to the correct O-variety again? Just won another auction, it's a cappy from 1834...
This is an O-113. Notice the small date and small letters on the reverse. This one also has an interesting feature. Look how narrow the arrow heads are. Only the 113 and 114 for 1834 have such narrow arrow heads. Mike
Thanks, Mike! Do you think it would be beneficial to pay for the additional NGC variety plus service once sending in all my half dollars?
Well, I would keep them raw. I don't think you would get much return, if any on the money spent for slabbing. As far as variety, I don't think matters much unless you have a very popular variety, or at least an R4 or better rarity.
I paid for the variety attribution on a large cent I sent in. It'll never be worth what I have invested in it, but for me, it's not always about overall value. Coins in my permanent collection I like to have slabbed, not for resale value, but for a number of other reasons - storage, information, online listing, OCD, etc. I guess it all depends on what you want out of your coin.
I do not intend to sell them, so it's not really important from a value/financial perspective. I'd rather have the variety on the slab for myself, as I am trying to keep my collection well organized. Having high quality pictures available online and knowing the exact grade are my reasons for sending them to NGC...
I'm the same way in terms of organization. I'm very OCD, so having everything "just so" is important to me. I think I paid an extra $24 to have the variety (PCGS). Worth it as a lifetime addition to the collection, regardless of grade or value.
Right... now I see it clearly... WE'RE the real freaks :-O not the folks spending all their money on coins!
