Okay - here they are. Low grades, dirty and one has a line(dealer thinks it was made by a rubber band - not a scratch). Rim bruise and all here they are O-106A and O-108A. The cracks are real hard to see, but they are there.
There are some people on this forum that don't understand all of the coin lingo. What is CBH, Bust half what is C, 0-106A, 0-108A? Please explain.
Nice die clash on the first coin, right above the date. As good a time as any to ask a question about that. Were these coins struck in hand presses or in machine presses? My conclusion is machine presses otherwise clashed dies would be unlikely. And automaticly fed machine presses otherwise clashed dies would be unlikely also. Is that correct?
How were the planchets fed into the press? What I'm trying to understand is how a die clash could occur if the planchets were hand fed. Seems to me it could only occur if there was some sort of auto-feed method.
I'd imagine they (the dies) were accidently smacked together at some point during their short life. One has to also understand that a screw-press will tend to apply uneven pressure to the (rather large, half-dollar) planchets and die surfaces. That along with improper die hardening could result in some clash marks on the coins. Remember, it only took once. I would also be willing to bet that the dies were "parked" at night with the press in a closed position which alleviates undue stress on the whole screw mechanism but also puts those dies together. These are just my thoughts, but one thing is for certain, they were using screw-presses (in some capacities) until 1836. Here is an excellent link with pictures. http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cach...rew+press"+"us+mint"&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us Take Care Ben
Just a coin nut in general(See the new thread). Not sure if I will be bust nut or not, but I do find attributing them fun. Liquidating some of my bullion coins and getting things that are more numismatically interesting.
Yeah, we definetly need more Lincoln nuts, we all know they are so few and far between. Nice coins man! :thumb: Phoenix
Thanks - and yes I have quite a few lincolns. At least 18/19 graded then plus all the ones in the whitman folders. And this does not include the old change jar. So Lincolns are cool with me.
i am lucking for some nice bust halves myself as soon as my other colelctions are over too many pots being stirred right now ill go concerntrate on that
