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1808/7 CAPPED BUST HALF DOLLAR (O-101) - OVERDATE - HIGH GRADE

$ 395.47

Availability: 34 in stock
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Coin: Capped Bust
  • Year: 1808
  • Composition: 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Mint Location: Philadelphia
  • Strike Type: Business
  • Condition: This high grade CBH overdate specimen has a nice pewter-silver patina.
  • Denomination: 50C
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    1808/7
    CAPPED BUST
    SILVER
    HALF DOLLAR
    O-101
    *
    OVERDATE
    (The first overdate in the Capped Bust half dollar series.)
    ATTRIBUTION:
    Obverse (1):
    Star 1, 7, 8, 13 positions are 4, (4 10), 5, 5
    8 over 7 - Serif of 7 shows clearly above last 8 and crossbar of 7 is inside the loop of 8.
    Top of B is unfinished. Die crack from date joining the stars on the left with other
    Cracks from star 3 to bust and another from the edge through 1 and into drapery.
    Another connects all stars on the right.
    Reverse (A):
    The "I" in PLURIBUS is very far right of the 2nd "T" in STATES
    Die cracks: from top of UN down to leaf and another at top of ATES and a third light crack from F along top of AMERICA to C in 50C.
    There is a break in the feathers below right wing, right of shield.
    Edge Lettering:
    "FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR"
    * The Ultimate Guide To Attributing Bust Half Dollars, 4th Edition, by Glenn R Peterson, M.D.
    United States Early Half Dollar Die Varieties - 5th Edition - by Donald L. Parsley
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