two new capped busy halves for the collection

I was looking for a bust half that had the "fresh out of the mint" look without costing a fortune, more or less as a type coin, and one that I could show to non collecting friends and family so that they could appreciate the design. I won this on Sheridan Downey's most recent auction, AU58 with very few marks, and some interesting double profile stuff around the face and neck.

Coin #2, also an R1, has really nice warm coppery toning and nicely struck details.
AU55 CAC, formerly in the collection of Tim Osborne (as the previous coin) and before him Floyd Farley. My images don't capture the underlying flash of the surfaces.

 

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HaHa, guess I can't edit the title, "busy little halves, aren't they?" You know what I mean.

 

Don’t talk to them when they’re busy ;-)
Love the 1831…

 

Beautiful!

 

Thanks micbraun. Not happy with the first set of photos, I have made some color adjustments that more accurately reflect how the coin looks in hand.

 

Great looking coins!

 

Much better Pics . . Nice coin !!

 

Great images. The 1831 is really cool.

 

I must say.."My, oh, My!"

 

Beautiful!!! - From where did you aquire them?

 

who is Sheridan Downey?

 

That’s the dealer you want to work with when acquiring rare Bust halves.
https://www.sheridanscoins.com/

 

Great dealer.

 

When I bought my 1837 AU58 half from him, Sheridan sent it to me "on approval" even though I didn't ask; and I don't think I had bought anything from him before.

 

You have a great reputation. Dealers work with folks like you. Not much risk of something going wrong.

 

Very nice.

 

I'm not s big a fan of the later design but I would buy this coin. That is nice. I like the toning

 

Those are two great looking Bust Busy’s I mean Bust Halves.

 

Very nice indeed, I'll take 'um. Thanks for sharing them.

 

Thanks for all the nice remarks, folks. These will spice up my set which is mostly VF examples.