1829 Capped Bust 5C (Half-Dime) Variety?

Howdy fellow coin peeps, :thumb:

I recently acquired a nice little 1829 Capped Bust Half-Dime and although it's an ex-jewelry piece, it still has nice detail.

I would appreciate help in identifying the variety since I don't have the books on these because I primarily collect older copper.





Ribbit

 

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Can't ay anything about the variety. This site may be of some assistance: http://www.half-dimes.com/forums/

It is a beauty never-the-less... :thumb:

Ben

 

nice i swa one for 66 graded 66 so i had to pass

 

Interesting thing has occurred. When removing the solder, the coin bubbled.

Can you spell - COUNTERFEIT?

I have a little Ronson Tech Torch butane soldering torch that I use to remove solder with and I've removed solder on several coins with no problems, until this one.



So beware peeps! There are some very convincing counterfeits and this one had me fooled completely! :headbang: Unfortunately, as a counterfeit, I ruined it but had I known it was a counterfeit, I wouldn't have attempted to remove the solder.

Ribbit

 

So it was plated , and that's why it bubbled , **** counterfieters :computer:
was it cast or struck ?
rzage:smile:hatch::hammer:

 

I don't know but I cannot find casting lines and the reeded edge even looks good. This was a good counterfeit but silver plated. I am waiting on a response from the seller before I attempt to examine it "deeper".

This has created an interesting dilemma - can I demand a refund for a counterfeit because in the process of removing non-disclosed solder off the coin, the coin bubbled and thus, is now ruined.

Ribbit

 

I'd say yes because he misreresented the coin , you thought it was a jewelery piece , tried to fix it only to find it wasn't what he had said , but worse it wasn't real . But I'm no lawyer .
rzage

 

Actually, yes & no . . . or maybe, no & yes.

No, I didn't think it was a ex-jewelry piece when I bought it cause it was photographed in the flip and I couldn't see the solder and the seller didn't disclose it but might not have known about it, since it wasn't very apparent unless you looked really close.

Yes, I did think it was an ex-jewelry piece once it arrived and I saw the solder but I got it at a decent price and so removing the solder was more desireable than trying to get a refund.

Ribbit

Ps: BTW - the seller has offered a full refund but since I ruined the coin, I counter-offered to accept a half-refund. I think the seller had no idea it was a counterfeit, I didn't, and since I ruined it, I should accept some responsibility. I figured half was reasonable for both of us. The counterfeit should have fetched that amount, being sold as such, so I will feel better about this by doing it this way.

 

What are the chances that a fake would end up as a piece of jewelery ? 1 in 100,000 ? That coin sure looked real .
rzage

 

I've actually seen $1 gold pieces I thought were fake and they were ex-jewelry pieces and if you think about it, if the fake is done well, what better place to use them? Which makes me wonder if there are any known quality fakes that were made specifically for jewelry? Maybe Hobo can answer that one? :bow:

Ribbit

 

You gonna ask or should I ?
rzage:smile:hatch::hammer:

 

He'll find us, he always does.

Ribbit

 

Wow, thats something new there. I've never seen that before. and Yikes!

 

Hmmmmm. That's a good question. I can't think of one off the bat. I wouldn't doubt that some were made for that porpose. I'll look into that when I get some time.