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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 829267, member: 22271&quot;]<b>key?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This seems odd. The small letter variety is the common variety of the 1832 bust half.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 23 different varieties of the 1832 bust half (see <u>United States Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836</u> otherwise known as Overton). Of the 23 varieties, only Overton&#039;s 101 (rarity 2) and 102 (rarity 1) are large letter reverses. The others (O-103 to O-123) can al be considered small letter reverses with rarities ranging from R.1 to R.4 (except for O-123 which is an R.7).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to collect bust halves, you definitely want to get a copy of Overton (the current 4th edition is now under the authorship of his son-in-law Don Parsley).</p><p><br /></p><p>I always considered the key coin in the bust half series to be the 1815/2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rarity Definitions</p><p>R.1:&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; 1000&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Common</p><p>R.2:&nbsp; &nbsp; 500-1000&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; not so common</p><p>R.3:&nbsp; &nbsp; 201-500&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; scarce</p><p>R.4:&nbsp; &nbsp; 76-200&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; very scarce</p><p>R.5:&nbsp; &nbsp; 31-75&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; rare</p><p>R.6:&nbsp; &nbsp; 13-30&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; very rare</p><p>R.7:&nbsp; &nbsp; 4-12&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; extremely rare</p><p>R.8:&nbsp; &nbsp; 1-3&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; unique or nearly so[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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