1840 Small Letter Seated Liberty Half Overdate?

I recently bought this half and after looking closer under good light it appears to be an overdate. Can anyone help me figure out what this is?

 

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I'm not familiar with any overdates for this date/mint, nor am I seeing anything that would indicate this being one. There are a couple of fairly minor RPD varieties if I recall correctly; have you considered or looked into them?

 

Looks more like DD.

 

Looks the same to me.

This is the sellers picture for one that sold on eBay. Top pop it says.

 

Perhaps it is; have you checked the WB book? If not, and short of Mr. Bugert's new series, it would be a wise starting point even if not perfect.

 

DLRC has some good free references. go here: http://blog.davidlawrence.com/
Look in the right hand column for the book you need. Let us know what you find out.

 

It looks like a repunched date.

 

Good looking coin. I'll go with a re-punched date as well.

 

Appears to be a repunched date not uncommon in early coins

 

There are 3 different repunched dates for 1840 halves. This one appears to be WB-104. It is listed as R4 in VF and R5 in grades XF/AU. There are people who collect Seated halves by variety, but most of the minor repunched dates don't command a huge premium. Still pretty cool IMO

 

looks good to me

 

So it does appear according to the DL site to be the WB-104, but how can you tell the difference between the re punch and the double date?

They both look the same to me.

 

It's an 1840 reverse of 1839 WE 104 pup date urs 8 I 3
L 3 the rpd shows a secondary 18 slightly west a secondary 4 slightly north and a secondary 0 north.

 

Would this coin be worth sending in for grading?

If so, should I get the WB-104 on the slab or not really worth it?

Does the reverse of the 39 make a big difference or are all small letter halfs for this year the reverse of 39?

 

I believe all the small letters would be considered to be rev of 39. It differentiates them from the 1840 medium letters with is actually a New Orleans issue with a seated Liberty obverse and a bust half dollar reverse. I don't remember if the reverse was from 1838 or 1839. (The reverse has been linked to the earlier years from it's slightly different design and the identical die cracks found on the reverse in both uses, bust and seated.)

 

As for having it slabed is a personal decision , are you going to flip it or keep it? If you're going to hold on to it I wouldn't . If you are going to flip it yes I would. To pay for the specimen to be graded and given its variety to me is not worth it. You know what you have in hand why pay to confirm unless you're going to sell. IMHO

 

I agree. If I know what it is and plan to hold it, I'm happy. If I'm looking to sell it I would look at all the auction sales possible and see if the fees for the slab are worth it. Sometimes just great images of the variety will sell it for what it is. Some collectors don't care if the variety is shown on the slab and others must have it shown.

 

A cool find. Whether to get it holdered is purely your decision. Even when I'm planning to keep a coin, I like to have it holdered. That way, I don't or it doesn't get accidently damaged while in storage.

When the value of the coin is not great and I want it holdered, I use my free submission certificates. That minimizes the cost.