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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 58911, member: 1674&quot;]COuld you possibly post pictures of the 1826 1/2?&nbsp; I&#039;m quite interested!&nbsp; If it is EF and without problems it certainly could be worth anywhere from $100 to $1500.&nbsp; Bust Half collectors collect based on which die marriage (which obv. and rev. dies were used for each coin) they came from.&nbsp; Since there are so few dies that were used it is a relatively easy task to differentiate which dies struck which coins.&nbsp; If the coin that was sold was properly attributed as one of the 2 or 3 rare die marriages of 1826, then a $1000+ price tag is reasonable in EF.&nbsp; Now if yours is not yet attributed, please post good close-up picturs of the coin and I can help you there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, in the 1950&#039;s-60&#039;s, Al Overton began to try to determine which dies struck which coins and he began to assign numbers to each particular marriage for each year.&nbsp; Those numbers are now widely recognized and when you see a bust half for sale that is properly attributed part of the coins description will be something like &quot;1826 O-112&quot; or &quot;1827 O-105&quot;.&nbsp; What those numbers mean is that Overton assigned them as the 12th die marriage of 1826 or the 5th die marriage of 1827, respectively.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are 20 distinct die marriages of 1826 and only 3 of them carry a premium, with only 2 of those carrying such a premium that they would sell for $1000 in EF condition (O-103 and O-115).&nbsp; O-114 is worth about $300-$500 in EF and all others are worth about $90-$150.&nbsp; (All prices quoted are from &quot;The Ultimate Guide to Attributing Bust Half Dollars&quot; by Glenn R. Peterson, 2004, so they are a littled dated, but still can be used as a good guide of relative value of different die marriages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either way since you only paid $8 you got a good deal as long as the coin is genuine, which, unless it is slabbed, there is no guarantee of.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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