those are beauties... I had over a dozen before the great sell off years ago.. now.. this is only/favorite bustie... (so so hard not jumping back into these lol)
I kind of lean toward the "dark side" of US coins myself. Only started collecting them within the last 7-8 years though so still have all of mine.
Capped Busts are one of my favorites! 1807-1839 is a nice piece of history. I like this one quite a bit.
Very old picture but I'm sure some of you know this one - it's on the very first page of the under $50 thread! I only have two Bust Halves and the other is just a more worn 1836.
This 1812/1 is my first coin when I started at 7 years old.....yeah cleaned but at 7 it was my treasure.
Paddy, at the risk of shattering a childhood dream your coin isn't the 12/1...it's a nice looking coin anyway. Here is the 12/1 "large 8" Here is the 12/1"small8"