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<p>[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 13218637, member: 31533"]Santa #2 completely blew me away with this trio. I never in a million years would have dreamed that this would come my way. I have had a few purchases of older coins, from the pre-Civil War era, but have not really delved into them much yet, other than a few I bought, and my going to shows, trying to find some that I can look at in hand. So these are most welcome to my home. Thank you, Santa. Looks like I really need to get an Overton book and start learning about Capped Busts, eh? </p><p><br /></p><p>I have had one Capped Bust before, the 1827 Square base 2 Half Dollar, and that is one of several slabbed coins I purchased specially to be given to my son, and he now has that one along with a number of other ones, so that one is no longer in my 'possession'. I am slowly, year by year gifting him slabbed coins. He will be, hopefully, a lover of American historical coinage. He took a bit of an interest in the older coins I was showing him, so I think he will appreciate all this in time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins here are a 1826 half dollar, I think maybe it's an O-115. Then also a half-dime from 1831 and an 1833 dime.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1529494[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1529495[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 13218637, member: 31533"]Santa #2 completely blew me away with this trio. I never in a million years would have dreamed that this would come my way. I have had a few purchases of older coins, from the pre-Civil War era, but have not really delved into them much yet, other than a few I bought, and my going to shows, trying to find some that I can look at in hand. So these are most welcome to my home. Thank you, Santa. Looks like I really need to get an Overton book and start learning about Capped Busts, eh? I have had one Capped Bust before, the 1827 Square base 2 Half Dollar, and that is one of several slabbed coins I purchased specially to be given to my son, and he now has that one along with a number of other ones, so that one is no longer in my 'possession'. I am slowly, year by year gifting him slabbed coins. He will be, hopefully, a lover of American historical coinage. He took a bit of an interest in the older coins I was showing him, so I think he will appreciate all this in time. The coins here are a 1826 half dollar, I think maybe it's an O-115. Then also a half-dime from 1831 and an 1833 dime. [ATTACH=full]1529494[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1529495[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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