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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YoloBagels, post: 3262048, member: 94739&quot;]Hello everyone <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A little over a year ago I bought this 1809 Capped Bust half dollar.</p><p>I was looking for a bust half that was already holed (I hate the idea of holing them, so why not buy one where the damage had already been done?).</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1809 is still one of my favorite coins in my collection, however it is almost half a millimeter wider than my other CBH&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had shared this in another coin forum, and it was concluded that sometime most likely during the holing process, the coin was squished with a vice somehow. This could also explain why there is a larger amount of wear on Liberties mouth area.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, it seems like a lot of the edge lettering was ground off. While most of the letters are legible a lot of them are worn away pretty heavily.</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned pretty early that the 1809 bust half has an III and XXX variety, III being the more common one. Unfortunately the III or XXX area seems to have worn off completely. I&#039;m pretty sure the answer is &quot;no&quot;, but is there any other way to tell this variety apart? Maybe by die variations? or the rest of the letters?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]858187[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]858188[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]858190[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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