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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;okbustchaser, post: 2073344, member: 72642&quot;]Back in the day, nice bust half dollars were available for basically nothing.&nbsp; Even the 1815 (the &quot;star&quot; of the series) was well under a 100 bucks.&nbsp; Although a lot of money for a high school student they (unlike the large cents that I had been putting together) were doable.&nbsp; Then in 1970 the second edition of Al Overton&#039;s book on die marriages was released.&nbsp; I was promptly and completely hooked.&nbsp; Then....</p><p><br /></p><p>The first time someone told me that there were just too many die marriages for the 1827 half to bother with trying to attribute them I knew that I had my goal.&nbsp; There are still several advanced bust half collectors who say that.&nbsp; Meanwhile, I have all but the 3 major rarities for the year--coins that unless I were to cherry them would cost 5 to 6 figures even in good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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