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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 26705359, member: 104064&quot;]Funny that you would post the 1900-O half. I wrote an article on these for the BCCS journal. Seems that so many like [USER=74863]@Collecting Nut[/USER] aren&#039;t big fans, yet there are so many interesting tidbits just waiting to be discovered for that very reason. [USER=3926]@justafarmer[/USER] discovered after all these years that there was a second reverse hub type, introduced in 1901. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1704666[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It was already known and published that there was a new obverse hub type introduced in 1901. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1704667[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>While the mix of the two obverse types was known to have only occurred in 1901, the newly discovered second reverse type was used sporadically until 1905 for both S and O mints. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then I discovered that both the new obverse and reverse types were actually used in New Orleans late in December 1900 after 1901 dies had already been shipped there, because New Orleans had been ordered to produce so many half dollars and they were out of usable dies. I even tracked down the shipment of 4 die pairs on December 8, 1900. As a result, there are 4 hub type combinations for 1900-O half dollars. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1704668[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is the common I/I pair. I&#039;m still lazily trying to get all four combos, so I currently have the I/II and II/II in low grades. The I/I should be easy, but the II/I is elusive. </p><p><br /></p><p>I/II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1704669[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>II/II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1704670[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Barber coins are boring. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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