Hi. A few weeks back I posted photos of a 1806 Bust Half that I had in the collection and had considered to be a counterfeit. There was a very good discussion about the coin's authenticity and attribution. I ended up submitting the Bust Half (and four other coins) to NGC. The coins came back today. The verdict on the 1806 Bust Half is ..... Wow - what a surprise. Mark was right on the money (no pun intended) - it came back as "XF details". Well done, sir. Brian - thanks for your excellent information regarding the attribution. In retrospect, I should have chosen the VarietyPlus service as well. I may resubmit it to have that attribution on the slab. One other thing. These were my first TPG submissions -- so this may be nitpicking. The four other coins that I got back (and the other slabbed NGC coins I have seen) have the coins resting between four smooth prongs. The top two prongs on the Bust Half edge-view slab look like they are chipped. A minor point, but it is there nonetheless. Is that a bit of poor QC on the part of NGC? Thanks again to all who offered their thoughts in the original post. I learned a lot. Jonathan
Glad to hear it graded And yes, eventually, I think it'd be worth your while to get the variety on the holder, because I still believe it's a rare die-state, but all this can be done when the time comes to sell. And the "chipping" on the prongs isn't an issue. I've seen this before - just poor cutting.
First congrats to the OP. In my own personal opinion this is easily recognized as an O-111a R-4 coin - not really sure the variety needs to be listed on the holder. But if you sell the coin on ebay it should be included in the listing.
