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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;okbustchaser, post: 2116827, member: 72642&quot;]The dies for bust halves (and other early date coins) were all individually prepared by hand and therefore have certain distinguishing characteristics. Bust halves are attributed by the die pairings (marriages) of obverse to reverse dies based on a book entitled &quot;<i><b>Early Half Dollar Die Varieties</b></i> <b><i>1794-1836</i></b>&quot;, by Al Overton.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, in the year 1812 there were 8 different obverse dies used in different combinations with 9 separate reverse dies for a total of 10 known marriages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some diagnostics for your 1812 O-110:</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Star 1 points to center of dentil. There is a very faint bar in the field just below where the drapery is closest to the dentils. “81” is closer than “18” and “12”, and the second “1” slants more to the left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Bases of “M” and “E” are close, and “E” is higher<b>.</b> The second crossbar from the top, and third crossbar from the bottom, extend too far right. A tiny centering dot shows between crossbars 4 &amp; 5. “I” in motto is centered below the second “T” in STATES.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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