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<p>[QUOTE="okbustchaser, post: 2047891, member: 72642"]As you say, yours is the "big 0" variety for the year. Others are the "small O" and the misnamed "medium O" (actually a recut small O).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my example of the corresponding "small O".</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/bustchaser/half%20dollar%20year%20set/1830-115o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/bustchaser/half%20dollar%20year%20set/1830-115r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Being a history buff (BA in history from University of Oklahoma) I too am fascinated by young America. I like to put the coins in my collection into context whith what was going on at the time they were minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>1830 was an interesting year in American history. Andrew Jackson was President. Among other things going on the first passenger train service was established in Baltimore. The National Indian Removal Act which later resulted in the "Trail of Tears" removal of the Cherokee tribe to Oklahoma was enacted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="okbustchaser, post: 2047891, member: 72642"]As you say, yours is the "big 0" variety for the year. Others are the "small O" and the misnamed "medium O" (actually a recut small O). Here is my example of the corresponding "small O". [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/bustchaser/half%20dollar%20year%20set/1830-115o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/bustchaser/half%20dollar%20year%20set/1830-115r.jpg[/IMG] Being a history buff (BA in history from University of Oklahoma) I too am fascinated by young America. I like to put the coins in my collection into context whith what was going on at the time they were minted. 1830 was an interesting year in American history. Andrew Jackson was President. Among other things going on the first passenger train service was established in Baltimore. The National Indian Removal Act which later resulted in the "Trail of Tears" removal of the Cherokee tribe to Oklahoma was enacted.[/QUOTE]
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