Here is my newest edition. I think it is a O-118, could someone possible confirm my attribution. Once again all comments good/bad are welcome. I think this is a VF30 maybe XF40 coin. It is slightly darker than the pictures - probably an old cleaning. No matter what not bad for $65 in my opinion.
Great find , should add it to my thread , Best deal ever . I could of bought a nice overdate BH , but I didn't because it had a old slight cleaning , then Bonedigger told me most BH have had a little bath in there long lives , wish I would have bought it now , well live & learn . rzage
Thanks - while I consider it a good deal I don't think it is my best. My smithsonian set - last time I looked was up to $1900 retail.
Nice CBH and nice deal. I would have snapped that up too. Can you tell me, what does O-118 mean? I've seen that so many times and I've never known what is indicated by that. Thanks.
Awesome snab, Mark! :thumb: I don't see any clashes, which is odd for you since you seem to love those, but there are several spikes on the reverse legend but as to Overton, I haven't a clue. :goofer: Great share! :hammer: Ribbit
It is the overton or variety number for the coin. Bonedigger knows this stuff by heart, but I had to look it up. In 1828 there were 13 obverse dies and 17 reverse dies it produced 23 marriages or varieties for the year. And I do like die clashes, but I prefer die cracks on my CBH's. It makes it easier for me to attribute them.
Does the 1828 O-118 list spikes on the reverse legend starting at the "F" in OF and on all letters in AMERICA? :kewl: Ribbit
Mark there is a great website for matching up Overton numbers. Most of the Bust Nut guys hang out there. Great resource for information on alot of coins. I do have to mention that the moderators there are pretty nice too. http://coinzip.proboards79.com/index.cgi?board=1828b&action=display&thread=1771 I do believe that is an O-118. Nice pickup R3.
Dang, how did I miss this thread? It looks EF-40 to me and O-118 looks allright. Very nice snag. :thumb:
Thanks all for the confirmation. I agree and I do lurk over there a lot. In this case the pictures were not much help to me. I eventually did it by process of elimination and was not confident of it. Thanks again all!
