Hey guys I picked up this half for my type set about a year ago and curiosity has got the best of me. The die crack goes from the 6 in the date all the way to the fifth star. Is this considered a late die state? I'm a type collector not a variety or error one but I still think it's pretty cool.
It is a late state of obverse #9. There is an even later state with the die cracks even more pronounced and extending to the right edge below star 13
It’s obverse of the same variety I have. It’s quite common. What is more interesting is the double punched “TY” in “LIBERTY.”
In any event it's a very nice looking coin. I also see the TY anomaly, it makes it even more interesting.
Thanks guys. I've never noticed the double punch before thanks for pointing that out. Maybe I should start getting into varieties. And I'm sure it's been cleaned at some point in the past, but nothing abrasive and has since retoned.
Nice coin. From the obverse die stage, it appears to be O.116/T-20 die stage 2, almost DS-3. However, the obverse working die was used once again on the final die marriage of 1806, O-117/T-30. The die was lapped heavily in an effort to get one more usage. The effect of this lapping was grinding away some of the detail - compare the curls next to S1 and 1 in the date. Also, the re-punched T has been lapped away! In very late stages of O.117/T-30 it is called the "half head" because most of the ribbon and curls have been ground off. The image below is from a O.117/T-30 that I bought from a Heritage auction in 2019:
