Old NGC holder. 20 something years ago. I think it's an O109a. The holder calls it a footless F. Wondering if that adds anything to the value. You can't hurt my feelings. All opinions are welcome.
NGC would have bagged it, and with a slab this old one should have reasonable confidence in the accuracy of NGC's opinion. That makes this a pretty attractive coin as Busties go. O-109 is characterized, among other things, by the missing right serif on the F. The O-109a subvariety is partly defined by the die crack from the E in UNITED over the top of STATES, making ldhair's attribution correct. This is more common than the earlier uncracked O-109, but as an honest R.3 not exactly "common." I read an auction writeup at Heritage where the writer claimed that these were easily found and all the Condition Census examples were Mint State, yet they've never actually offered a Mint State example.... It values at a significant premium to the more common 1807 varieties, but not greater than some others (O-110a for example). I'm thinking it has a solid case for VF and a street value of ~$800.
VF25 Obv nicer than Rev, although both have bit of flattening weakness. Otherwise, VF30? Beautiful coin.
Excellent write up, and the only reason I am typing this is to keep up with the thread because I'm curious. So everyone skip this post.
