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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 1159187, member: 15062&quot;]does anyone see any problem with this 1836 Half on eBay? <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=400209339850&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_3360wt_905" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=400209339850&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_3360wt_905" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=400209339850&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_3360wt_905</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I know nothing about these halves but from what I can find, things just don&#039;t look right.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, I can&#039;t find any reference describing an 1836 as O-108a.&nbsp; The folds of the drapery don&#039;t extend up the front of the bust.&nbsp; The curl in front of the cap looks smaller than it should.&nbsp; The stars on the right side are deformed.&nbsp; The folds of the drapery above the digit &quot;1&quot; don&#039;t appear quite right.&nbsp; There appear to be bubbles behind the curls at the lower right and I don&#039;t know what that is below the curl on the side of the neck.&nbsp; Finally, the denticles don&#039;t seem right.&nbsp; The motto on the reverse seems less crisp than I should and the &quot;50&quot; looks wrong.&nbsp; Again there appear to be bubbles in the area of the denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, I don&#039;t know anything about halves but I can&#039;t match this one up with any pictures of known genuine ones that I&#039;ve been able to find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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