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While slowly continuing my quest to attribute and identify potential varieties in my collection, I came across a wonderful (new to me) reference for die varieties of seated halfs - Bill Bugert's multi-volume set Register of Liberty Seated Half Dollar Varieties. This 68-S is on p.141 of Volume 1, describing die varieties of San Francisco half dollars from 1855 to 1878. It's conveniently browsable on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/LSHDVol1/page/n143/mode/2up) or downloadable on the LSCC for gratis use (http://old.lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks.php).
Variety attribution is still very new to me but this seems like a pretty minor MPD?
On my example, the errant 8 is the only one I can see of the 68 identified in the register, but that and the small lump in the rock base under the lower edge of the ribbon I believe ID it as a WB-4 MPD. I found a few other photo examples online of WB-4s but none clearly show any part of a 6, or at least anything I would identify as a 6? Either way, cool additional variety info to add to my archive and a fabulous resource to use for my other seated halfs - thanks Bill!
Variety attribution is still very new to me but this seems like a pretty minor MPD?
On my example, the errant 8 is the only one I can see of the 68 identified in the register, but that and the small lump in the rock base under the lower edge of the ribbon I believe ID it as a WB-4 MPD. I found a few other photo examples online of WB-4s but none clearly show any part of a 6, or at least anything I would identify as a 6? Either way, cool additional variety info to add to my archive and a fabulous resource to use for my other seated halfs - thanks Bill!
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