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<p>[QUOTE="gronnh20, post: 2084829, member: 73224"]At the coin show yesterday there were plenty of capped bust half dollars to be found in any grade raw or slabbed. After doing some comparison shopping, I feel like my LCS treated me more than fairly. Now if I decide to add more coins of this type and denomination the coin show will be the place for me to go. </p><p><br /></p><p>After scoping out all of the half dollars my attention then turned towards the quarter dollar denomination capped bust. These coins are not so plentiful at the show or they are cost prohibitive for me at this time. I found one dealer which had just three days prior bought a 1935 XF-45 NGC graded quarter he was selling. The reverse was there but the obverse didn't make the grade. One other dealer we talked to bought an 1833 AU-50 NGC he says for 1100 FRN. It was a nice coin and really looked better than AU-50. </p><p><br /></p><p>Last night I began doing more research on the capped bust type coins. I guess since I did not know and let it slip by me in one post I find there is an Overton number associated with each year in the half dollar denomination. I won't be buying more coins in this Type until I can get that book. I did not see an Overton number on any of the slabbed half dollars I saw at the show. Or I missed it. I do know NGC will attribute this for a $15 fee.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a couple pics of the coin I bought.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]388815[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388816[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388817[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a couple pics of the coin I bought.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gronnh20, post: 2084829, member: 73224"]At the coin show yesterday there were plenty of capped bust half dollars to be found in any grade raw or slabbed. After doing some comparison shopping, I feel like my LCS treated me more than fairly. Now if I decide to add more coins of this type and denomination the coin show will be the place for me to go. After scoping out all of the half dollars my attention then turned towards the quarter dollar denomination capped bust. These coins are not so plentiful at the show or they are cost prohibitive for me at this time. I found one dealer which had just three days prior bought a 1935 XF-45 NGC graded quarter he was selling. The reverse was there but the obverse didn't make the grade. One other dealer we talked to bought an 1833 AU-50 NGC he says for 1100 FRN. It was a nice coin and really looked better than AU-50. Last night I began doing more research on the capped bust type coins. I guess since I did not know and let it slip by me in one post I find there is an Overton number associated with each year in the half dollar denomination. I won't be buying more coins in this Type until I can get that book. I did not see an Overton number on any of the slabbed half dollars I saw at the show. Or I missed it. I do know NGC will attribute this for a $15 fee. Here is a couple pics of the coin I bought. [ATTACH=full]388815[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388816[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388817[/ATTACH] Here is a couple pics of the coin I bought.[/QUOTE]
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