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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CappedBustDimes, post: 560102, member: 9104&quot;]What you have is a WB-104. RECUT SECOND 4. (1 HEAD DIE)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;A single head die with the second 4 repunched south is paired with 2 different tail dies both of which have a large mintmark. Remnants of the weaker 4 can be seen clearly above the second 4 and is readily identifiable even on VG coins. This variety and the next (WB-105) are often misquoted as being the much rarer WB-103 &quot;Blundered Date&quot;.&nbsp; (Included in Breen-4773)&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The repunched date varieties of this date were most likely struck late in 1844. In a letter [181 dated November 2, 1844 to New Orleans Mint Superintendent Kennedy, R.M. Patterson, the Director of the US Mint, stated “…The half dollar dies are in progress. They have been somewhat delayed by an accident in impressing the dates with the punches.” This was no doubt the work of Longacre.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is your WB-103. An R2+ in all grades</p><p><a href="http://f.imagehost.org/view/0092/wb104" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://f.imagehost.org/view/0092/wb104" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://f.imagehost.org/0092/wb104.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the &quot;blundered date&quot; (WB-103)</p><p><a href="http://f.imagehost.org/view/0688/wb102103" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://f.imagehost.org/view/0688/wb102103" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://f.imagehost.org/0688/wb102103.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Wiley, Randy, &amp; Bugert, Bill, The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars, DLRC Press, Virginia Beach, VA, 1993.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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