I'm fairly confident I have a new variety of a 1833 capped bust half

Hi Everyone,
I have a 1833 capped bust half, which I believe is an unlisted variety. I have included close up photos of my coin along side each overton number (1-15), and I will include a brief explanation of why I think each one should be ruled out. I was wondering what you guys all think? I will make a new post for each overton variety starting with 0-101. The photos on the left side all come from Don Parsley's 4th edition book.

Below is a link which will hopefully generate a album of all the photos:
http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z129/zas107/?mediafilter=images

You need to click on the photos to enlarge, and then click again.

I will be removing the photos from the below posts, but you can still read the explanation of differences if you cannot discern them from the photos.

 

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Here is a close up of the 5 on the overton 101, as well as a close up of the 5 on my coin. Note the difference in shape. Also, the 5 is higher in the 0-101.

 

Here is an overton 102 next to my coin. Notice the alignment of the T over the I and the S over the S.

 

O-103, notice the alignment of the T over the I.

 

Here is overto-104 notice the 5's.

 

Overton-105. Note the alignment of the T over the I.

 

Overton 106. Note the difference in the shape of the top of the 5. There is also a die line on the O-106 which is not present on the coin I have.

 

Overton 107. Note the alignment of the T over the I and the S over the S.

 

Overton 108. Notice the deformed star, which is not present.

 

0-109. Note the alignment of the 5 and the 0, as well as the recutting of the star, which is not present.

 

O-110. Note the shape and alignment of the 5.

 

o-111. Note the shape of the 5.

 

Overton-112. Note the aligment of the T over the I, and the S over the S.

 

o-113. Again note the alignment of the lettering.

 

0-114, again note the alignment of the lettering.

 

o-115. Once again notice the alignment in the lettering.

 

I looked over the coin extensively, and I feel quite conclusively that the die pairings do not match any listed in Don Parsley's book. I'd appreciate any input in the matter. Hopefully I am not completely off base here.

 

well, still being a newbie...I would have to agree with you from the pics you showed. I think you proved your case

Will have to wait an see what the coin-brainiacs have to say..lmao


I meant that in a nice way guys..don't hit me, I bruise easily lol

 

I have not studied this series, and could not attempt to draw any conclusions, other than that I do clearly see all the differences you illustrate above. I hope you are successful!

 

Zane:
Congratulations, and we can only hope.
Not for the hard part-- getting Parsley to listen.
Good Luck.