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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;C-B-D, post: 3006230, member: 43130&quot;]I had like 45 minutes to shop the local coin show today. I was nearly done. Picked up a few semi-cheap type coins... nothing terribly exciting. At the next-to-last table, a dealer had his certified coins set up in 3 cases. Nice stuff. All priced at or above retail, but this one caught my eye. I almost always check 1809 bust halves in hopes of finding the lll edge or xxx edge varieties. Flipped it over and saw the wild die cracks. A little bell went off in my head. I knew this was a Rarity 5, but wasn&#039;t sure which one. I paid $575 for it, which was his asking price. It&#039;s an ugly coin and frankly, I&#039;m surprised it straight graded. But this is an extremely rare die marriage/state. It&#039;s the O-114a (I checked when I got out to the parking lot and confirmed it). The finest known are two PCGS XF45&#039;s. This one will make the second PCGS XF40. Meaning it&#039;s a condition census coin, tied for 2nd finest known. PCGS Price Guide value is $4000. I&#039;ve only ever found one other of these in all my years of searching, and it was a harshly cleaned Fine details. I don&#039;t have Overtons like this completely committed to memory, but thankfully, I&#039;ve had my nose in the book long enough to remember a few things!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]744904[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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