Stunning original Capped Bust Half

Just got this today. Bought from an old collection still in it's old Whitman flip. I paid $625 and it's worth every cent and then some to me. This is an Overton 103a Curl base 2, but there's a die crack through "50 C." which is not mentioned until the O-104 in the Overton book, making this a VLDS (very late die state)... so late that I've never seen it before on any other coin. What do you think of her?

 

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Nice coin !! Tough date to begin with, an the crack is way cool . Wish i still had my set

 

P/S . School me . Why does the crack not show up over the 1 ?? Wear off ???

 

Great question, but I can't school you as I don't know either!

 

C-B-D:

Another nice coin you picked up. It was a pleasure meeting you down at the Winter Fun Show. Both at the hotel and the PCGS luncheon. I'm going to take a stab at answering pfg1916 question. If you look at the blow up by clicking on the picture, it appears the the die crack hits the thicker area where the one is, and follows a line across and around the top part of the numeral. Then it continues on afterwards. Just my guess so anyone else with better knowledge, please correct my error.

 

Possibly, but more likely that the depth of the 1 on the die was deeper than the depth of the crack.

 

This. Typical of die cracks thru devices, in fact.

That coin won't hang around long if you put it in inventory, C-B-D. The first customer with enough money in their wallet will snag it.

 

Thanks. I call it XF45. I have to send a few in for grading. But at XF45 this one I feel is a guaranteed CAC coin as well.

 

Agreed. It's pretty well-struck so what we see as "wear," probably is. All the same I'd be pricing it as an AU.

 

A BEAUTY!

 

You found a great coin! I am not an expert on these varieties, but I love its condition.

 

Drop dead gorgeous!

 

It can wear off, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. Instead, it seems that the die break wasn't severe (deep) enough to cause a crack at the 1. The parts of the die that have been punched with something are effectively work-hardened a little more at the site of the punches than in the fields, so they may crack differently there, or not at all. You can frequently observe die cracks that connect letters or stars together on Morgan dollars. Sometimes these become cuds, but usually the work-hardened letters and stars seem to hold the dies together.

 

Quite agree........

 

Quite agree also.......

 

You don't get more original that that. I think this is one of the very few CBHs that has not been messed with.

 

That's a beast of a coin! I'd say it's a really pretty XF, and looks original to me. It's quite a privilege to own a coin that's been beautifully aging for nearly 200 years like this one has.

 

Beauty of an original bust half

 

I couldn't agree more. I feel blessed to have found it before some fool dipped it out or tried to alter it. GLORY HALLELUJAH! I kave SAVED her!