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<p>[QUOTE="coingal, post: 405164, member: 15306"]Thank you for the welcome!</p><p> </p><p>Here is an image of the coin:</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f140/coingal/oalf%20coin/CIMG0118.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> It is a little hard to see, but you can make out the "OA" I searched the internet for other info and all I could find was one other mention of this error. Here is what I found on <a href="http://www.coinsite.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsite.com" rel="nofollow">www.coinsite.com</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><i>"David Manzi writes: I have an 1830 XF Bust Half with, what may or may not be an interesting error. On the lettered edge, the word "OR" is stamped over the first two letters of the word "Half" so it now appears to read, "fifty cents oalf a dollar". Have you ever seen this error? Also is it listed in the Overton book and do you have any idea what its worth?</i></p><p> </p><p><i>There are more than one hundred lettered edge varieties on Capped Bust half dollars. Overton's book is now hopelessly out of date and until more information is uncovered, the true rarity of these edge varieties won't be known. "</i></p><p> </p><p>If anyone has info on this coin, I would be very interested to find out about it. Like I said before, it has been in my family for years.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coingal, post: 405164, member: 15306"]Thank you for the welcome! Here is an image of the coin: [IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f140/coingal/oalf%20coin/CIMG0118.jpg[/IMG] It is a little hard to see, but you can make out the "OA" I searched the internet for other info and all I could find was one other mention of this error. Here is what I found on [URL="http://www.coinsite.com"]www.coinsite.com[/URL] [I]"David Manzi writes: I have an 1830 XF Bust Half with, what may or may not be an interesting error. On the lettered edge, the word "OR" is stamped over the first two letters of the word "Half" so it now appears to read, "fifty cents oalf a dollar". Have you ever seen this error? Also is it listed in the Overton book and do you have any idea what its worth?[/I] [I]There are more than one hundred lettered edge varieties on Capped Bust half dollars. Overton's book is now hopelessly out of date and until more information is uncovered, the true rarity of these edge varieties won't be known. "[/I] If anyone has info on this coin, I would be very interested to find out about it. Like I said before, it has been in my family for years. Thanks!![/QUOTE]
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