Here is a regular old 1827 Capped Bust Half which is starting to tone rather nicely along the edges, but as I was (trying ) to attribute it I discovered this interesting (F Cud) which if I'm correct makes it an O-108 with a rarity rating of R-4. Bone
I thought for sure there was going to be a better punch line for this. geez Whiz, a rare broken F. I'm so excited! That's the best suprise one can expect from the pin-up girl coin of the 19th century! Draped Bust indeed and this guy is checking out the lettering for joyous attributes! Tell us when you find something really interesting Ruben PS - this is written in the spirit of humour.
Just for my own curiosity, what of the A's and the S? I note they all want to be part of the rim - is that characteristic of the Overton variation or more generally found?
They're not mentioned as far as I can tell. It's common on the type and I have a few more with the same thing, so I reckon it's common for the series. B
Nice find, I agree with your attribution. Just for further info, this is an odd die pair; this obverse and reverse die were paired together to strike 1827 o-108, then this reverse die was paired with an 1828 obverse die to produce the 1828 o-101, then this reverse die was re-paired with the original 1827 obverse die and it then struck some more 1827 o-108 (second marriage) coins. Fabulously interesting stuff! Your coin is from the second marriage, since that cud in the F first appeared on the 1828 o-101 and then continued with the cud duing its second stint as 1827 o-108. Anyway, it's a nice pickup!
When you consider many of the things the mint did back then it's not odd at all. For example, all of the Proof dollars dated 1801, '02, '03 & '04 were not struck until 1834 or later.
