1826 .50 Capped Bust Half, an O-104 or O-104a?

[petrpanman]

This 1826 half is a coin I attributed to by an O-104. After examining other examples at Heritage and Great Collection archives I noticed something. The is doubling on the entire face of Liberty that only seems to appear on an O-104a. There is no die crack under AMERI on the reverse which is the marker for the O-104a but i only see the doubling of the face on the 104a. Any comments? 1826 .50 J718 PCGS AU55 obv2.jpg 1826 .50 J718 PCGS AU55 rev2.jpg

[MintErrors]

The obverse on PCGS's website looks bad, its tough to find a marker / pick up point(s). I will look it over again. I see the area on the face you are talking about but, i dont see it as pronounced on any documented sites. Like I said, the PCGS example is pretty beat up. In the morning if I have time I will pull out the overton book and see what it says.

For the reverse, on your example, there is a die crack that goes through the bottom of "50 C."

PCGS website, the same style crack is seen on Overton's 104a. On PGCS, the crack appears to be a tad bit more pronounced, so the example at PCGS might be a slightly later die state.

https://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices/item/1826-50c-overton-104a/39671/1607444160681730104

Its been a long day of privacy fence building, so I am calling it a night.

[petrpanman]

I have attached really good pictures on the original post. I can also send high resolution pictures to you if you like...

[MintErrors]

The forum ate my other post, but here is what i found for information.

In my opinion, this is probably Overton 104a.

For Overton 104 and 104a, on obverse a die crack from edge near bust joins all stars on left. (So a die crack goes through all stars on left).

For Overtion-104a it says:

Same as D, (104) except for die crack along base of ERICA (O-104a has no die crack at ERICA).

Another crack below 50 C and arrow heads. (For O-104a).

I do not see reference to the doubled face, so this might be localized machine damage.

Overton stated that the mint in 1826 used 13 obverse working dies and 18 reverse working dies. Six scarce varieties exist in 1826, to include O-104.

[MintErrors]

This is pcgs. Look for die cracks....

O-104 (die crack America)
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/...0c-o-104/39670

O-104a (die crack 50C. and arrows)
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/...c-o-104a/39671