JR Newsletter: 17 June 2012 (93)

J Sajbel wrote:

 I just had a coin sent to me by a friend and I was not previously familiar with it. He said it is an 1829 over 3 half dime. I looked it up in the Cherrypickers #4 and found it to be listed. The coin was in an old 2x2 envelope from J Kelly, dated 3/26/49. It says Half Dime 1829 unc. The coin is nice but it is an AU with light evidence of circulation. Is this a recent find? Are there a lot out there?

Thank you

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Bill Kindl wrote:

I'm disappointed that the "JR" meeting at the ANA will be held on Wednesday, August 8th.  For those of us whose work schedule does not allow attending, I was hoping you would host this meeting either on Friday, August 10th or Saturday, August 11th.  Folks like me will never get a chance to join in these meetings.

Regards,

Bill Kindl

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Gary Rosner wrote:

 Question for the bust half nuts out there, has it ever been reported or noticed that the reverse for the 1822 O-102 & 103, reverse B, may be the same as the 1821 O-107, reverse G?

 

I only have the third edition of Overton so if it is already mentioned in the fourth edition then I apologize for the question.

 

While studying a 1822 O-103 I noticed small lumps in the reverse field between the bases of the 5 & 0 in the denomination. These lumps are also on the 1822 O-102 I have but they are not noted in the O-102 & O-103 listings in Overton. Then when I found out the edges are die linked to the 1821 O-107 I had a look at that listing(I don’t own a 1821 O-107) and it mentions a lump between the bases of the 5 & 0. All these lumps are visible in the pictures in my copy of Overton.

 

In the listing for the reverse G of the 1821 O-107 it states that the center dot is between the 3^rd and 4^th horizontal stripe but it can clearly be seen from the picture that the center dot is between the 4^th and 5^th horizontal stripe, just like 1822 reverse B. Comparing the picture of 1821 reverse G and 1822 reverse B they appear to be the same reverse die.

 

Is this something new or has it been documented before?

 

One other detail I noticed is that on the obverse there is a strong lump inside the last 2 in the date just left of its’ lower right serif. This can also be seen in the picture in Overton.

 

It was a lot of fun investigating this so if it helps add to the information on these varieties then that is an added bonus.

 

Thanks,

 

Gary Rosner
 orgmr (at) 3centnickel.com