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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bqcoins, post: 1867811, member: 5036&quot;]Was out and about today taking my son to go get some comics seeing as I was off of work and he was out of school for the holiday.&nbsp; I thought I would take a quick drive by the local coin shop.&nbsp; There hasn&#039;t been much new there recently as the lousy weather has been keeping people in, or at least keeping people away from coins shops and other luxury stops in their days.&nbsp; But even with snow this morning the 50 degree day had people out and about.&nbsp; I asked what was new and was treated to this bust half, a selection of seated half dimes, three cent silvers, and two Trade Dollars.&nbsp; (and yes, the trade dollars looked good, weighed right, etc, but I already have two, one for my typeset and one box dollar so I passed on those.&nbsp; Anyway I took a look at the coin, knew I didn&#039;t have an 1822 at home and then we haggled over the price.&nbsp; Next thing I knew it was in my pocked. I just finished with the attribution and boy was I happy to find a R-4+ piece.&nbsp; This is an extremely late die state as noted by the crack from the 8 to the curl then from the curl through star 13, then a crack coming out of the other side of the 8 through the bust stopping in front of the chin and making a very shallow Y shape to the chin and through star 3 into the dentils.&nbsp; I provided a closeup of the 22 to see the break, extra bits under the second 2 with the very thick base, almost triangular, and a picture of star 12 with the rust spots between the upper points on the left side of the star. Yes, it has been cleaned, but even with that the coin is XF/AU and R4, wooo. </p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/Bust%20Halves/002_zpsd716f011.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/Bust%20Halves/007_zpsf070efbb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/Bust%20Halves/009_zpsc8451594.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/Bust%20Halves/013_zps2deb6486.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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