For the 1825 Bust Half, the Red Book shows 2,943,166 total minted with no varieties mentioned. The 1825 I just bought is an O-114. Does the Overton book attempt to estimate the number of each variety minted, perhaps through mint records? If not, does any other resource do so? How does this tie in with the "R" rating. Buying the book is on my bucket list.
The Overton book has "R" ratings. You might Email Sheridan Downey, a dealer in these coins, and ask his opinion as it will be more up-to-date. He helped me last week with what I thought might be a new die combo I discovered. Unfortunately, it turned out to be an errant photo in the edition of Overton I was using!
The 1825 O-114 is an R1 coin (i.e. "common") and the books don't mention specific numbers. R1 > 1000 examples known R2 500-1000 R3 201-500 R4 81-200 ... R8 1-3 (unique or nearly so) Both the Parsley and Peterson books are excellent guides, however only the Parsley book also includes the Draped Bust series.
You might check out this guy's website for Capped Bust Half Dollars Overton Numbers. http://maibockaddict.com/1825-capped-bust-half-dollars.shtml Here is one of mine
@Browns Fan bookmark this link too if you find it useful: http://www.coinzip.com/bustieguide/ No pic for the O-114 but at least a description: http://www.coinzip.com/bustieguide/item.php?d=202 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
