Cool Half Dime variety found!

Very cool variety!! Nice score and good job with knowing what you had in front of you. I would have had no idea what it was, but I probably would have bought it for what was going on on the reverse. Interesting coins like this are just attractive to me.

 

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@Paddy54 , I also found a tripled die obverse 1871 3cn in VF while I was there.

 

For me? You know I need a 71

 

I still say it's MDD, the doubling is flat shelf like. All of the 1838 half dimes started with large stars, the small star varieties were due to die polishing that reduced the size of the stars. I don't believe there is a variety with large over small or small over large stars.

 

Well that's pretty darn cool. Congrats!

 

Found another one at the FUN show today!

 

Wow...

 

Cool finds. The first one is really nice with or without the DDO.

 

@Paddy54 What does the voodoo doll look like? Does it still have all its arms and legs?

 

It has most apenagies

 

Awesome

 

They are just covered with needles and broken glass. He's getting ready to pour boiling honey over the torso and get some ants ready...

 

Very nice!
I'll have to look at my 1838 half dime to see if it is one of the cool varieties.
Only problem is I cannot find it!.