GTG - 1812 Capped Bust Half Dollar

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  1. CircCam

    CircCam Victory

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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    I think VF20, with a slightly uneven strike accounting for the relative weakness of the obverse. Based on the obverse alone, I'd have said F12 or F15, but the feather detail on the eagle squeaks it by as a 20 in my book.

    Handsome coin, regardless of the numerical grade.
     
  4. longshot

    longshot Enthusiast Supporter

  5. ilmcoins

    ilmcoins Well-Known Member

  6. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

  7. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

  8. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    F17.5o_O

    Oh darn... Lord M beat me to the new decimal based grade on the seated dollar.
     
  9. TypeCoin971793

    TypeCoin971793 Just a random guy on the internet

  10. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

  11. kaparthy

    kaparthy Well-Known Member

    Nice coin, interesting times. Battle of Tippicanoe (1811), the War of 1812,... The coin probably did a lot of hard work between the times when it sat around in a bag with 99 or 999 others as the reserves of a bank. Fifty cents a day was often the average wage of a semi-skilled craftsman of the time. (Wages fell during the recessions that followed panics.) But a growing nation needed carpenters, bricklayers, and all manner of smithies.

    Lots of statistics from Massachussets offered by the University of Missouri, here:
    https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages/1810-1819
     
  12. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

  13. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    Fine Details, obverse scratches.

    I know they are old scratches, but they are big enough that I'd pass on this coin.
     
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  14. CircCam

    CircCam Victory

    Meh, in a higher grade it would bother me but it’s worn and I love the look.
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  15. CircCam

    CircCam Victory

    Just have this old thumbnail, ICG called it F12 but she got cracked a long time ago. I like CBH’s I can hold and view the lettered edge. :) F4D47373-2AD9-497D-917D-2C7B84EC75FD.jpeg
     
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  16. Jaelus

    Jaelus The Hungarian Antiquarian Supporter

    F15 - the obverse is fine for the grade
     
  17. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    I was thinking F12 (before seeing the slab photo).
     
  18. Mainebill

    Mainebill Bethany Danielle

    I was at f 12 myself
     
  19. Nathan401

    Nathan401 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    That’s a great coin! I’m after a similar example.
     
  20. SilverDollar2017

    SilverDollar2017 Morgan dollars

  21. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    I agree with the ICG F-12
     
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