1814 Capped Bust Half Dollars



Design Type 3: 1812-1817

Mintage: 1,039, 075

Overton Numbers and Rarity Ratings:
O-101 (R7?) O-101a (R2)
O-102 (R2) O-102a (R3)
O-103 (R1)
O-104 (R4) O-104a (R2)
O-105 (R2) O-105a (R4)
O-106 (R5) O-106a (R4+)
O-107 (Prime- R7?) O-107 (R2) O-107a (R5)
O-108 (R2) O-108a (R1)
O-109 (R2)

Redbook Varieties:

1814, 4 over 3
1814, E over A in STATES
1814
1814, Single Leaf Below Wing

O-101, O-101a
O-108, O-108a
O-102 thru O-107, O-109
O-105a

Changes in design:
The only change is that there is a star added to the edge lettering between DOLLAR and FIFTY so the edge now reads:
DOLLAR * FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A

Other notes:
The O-107 also had three Platinum specimens struck.

Important Historical events of 1814

War of 1812 reaches its conclusion. Washington burned by British. Treaty of Ghent signed.

Francis Scott Key writes our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner