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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 7880154, member: 105098&quot;]I don&#039;t rightly know, can&#039;t say that I&#039;ve seen very many in mint state (none) to have an opinion on it one way or the other. Dick Graham wrote the book on the die varieties of capped bust half dollars with reeded edge 1836-1839. it and the rest of them have a pretty solid provenance. I&#039;d assume not tooled, and just not used to seeing nicer examples of varieties because I&#039;m in that boat also.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gobrecht modified the design in 1936 with a lot of work on lady liberty, Also from late 1836 they were doing these on the steam press that they just got at the mint, a transition year, there no more screw pressing. the 1836-1839 series, in my opinion, can&#039;t really be compared to the earlier dates, it&#039;s similar in appearance, but different method of manufacture, and an updated design for these last 5 issues. these guys stand alone:</p><p>1836, lettered edge (old design, screw press) then,</p><p><br /></p><p>1836, reeded edge&nbsp; (new design, steam press)</p><p>1837</p><p>1838</p><p>1839</p><p>1839-O</p><p><br /></p><p>Possible you are thinking tooled due to the redesign and the new press, and higher quality overall than the earlier years, even the lettered edge 1836s?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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