1832 AU58 Capped Bust Half Dollar O-115 Die Variety (NGC Certified) - $850 - (Sharon, MA)

The Capped Bust Half Dollars of 1807-1836 are quite popular with both die variety specialists and date collectors. Among early USA coins, they are easily the ones most widely collected by die varieties. Since many of the design elements required to complete a die were punched into it by hand, each die is readily distinguishable, and well catalogued in the standard reference to the series by Al Overton. The Capped Bust half dollar type is especially popular with collectors, since so many have survived at or near the mint state level. This was due to their relatively large mintages, combined with the fact that they often remained idle in bank vaults as a hard-money backing for paper currency. NGC will assign Overton (O) numbers to all half dollar die varieties from 1829 through 1836. Die varieties in Overton's system are given the number 101 for the first die variety listed, and each date begins anew with this number, followed by O-102, O-103, etc. Later die states within a single die pairing use suffix letters. For example, 1834 half dollar die variety 115 is identified successively as O-115 and O-115a. Mint: Philadelphia Mintage: 4,797,000 Obverse Designer: John Reich Reverse Designer: John Reich Composition: Silver Fineness: 0.8920 Weight: 13.4800g ASW: 0.3866oz Diameter: 32.5mm Edge: Lettered

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