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 3rd and 4th horizontal
stripe but it can clearly be seen from the picture that the center dot is
between the 4th and 5th 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
orgmr (at) 3centnickel.com
