1822 O-106 R3 Capped Bust Half Dollar

Obverse: 6
Reverse: E
O-106 R3 is below, O-106a R3 at bottom
A decent group of MS specimens exist for this marriage with an MS66 at the top. AU's are available, and the later die state is slightly more scarce. This one could be an R2 overall, with each die state being R3.

PCGS Graded AU55. A nice original example, with pleasing rolling luster and olive toning.
1822, O-106, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1822, O-106, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1822, O-106, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1822, O-106, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
Variety Attribution: Obverse-Stars 1 and 13 each 3/4 mm. from drapery and curl. Date is 8 mm. 18 clearly higher than 22 and the last 2 is heavier and more bold throughout than the first 2. Very early die state shows 6 die lines below star 13 at milling. (they are present on this example)

O-106a: Sharp die crack through center of the date. Other cracks from bust and milling to star 1 proceed to join all stars on left.

Reverse- 50C is 2 mm. Arrow to A is 1/4 mm. Right sides of T-I are in line. Line 2 of stripe 5 and line 1 of stripe 6 extend to the third crossbar.


1822, O-106a, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1822, O-106a, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1822, O-106a, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1822, O-106a, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1822 Leaman-Gunnet Emission Sequence Number for O-106: 14
Overall Number: 153

Top five condition census coins from last 10 years of auction and sale records O-106:
01/12 Heritage (FUN-Orlando)                 NGC MS66 (ex-Miller)
08/14 Heritage (Chicago)                         NGC MS64+ CAC (ex-Newman)
11/11 Stack's-B (Baltimore)                      PCGS MS64 CAC
02/19 Heritage (Long Beach)                    NGC MS63
08/10 Heritage (Witham-Boston)             PCGS MS63


Top five condition census coins from last 10 years of auction and sale records O-106a:
01/07 Heritage (FUN-Orlando)               PCGS MS65
07/17 Heritage (FUN-Orlando)                NGC MS64
08/16 Heritage (ANA-Anaheim)               PCGS (S) MS64
08/14 Heritage (Chicago)                        PCGS MS64 CAC
08/11 Alpine Numismatics FPL               PCGS MS64