1827 O-140 R4+ Capped Bust Half Dollar

Obverse: 25
Reverse: AD
Minted in 1828
O-140 R4+ below, O-140a R5 at bottom
1827, O-140, R4+, Square Base 2, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1827, O-140, R4+, Square Base 2, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1827, O-140, R4+, Square Base 2, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1827, O-140, R4+, Square Base 2, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
Variety Attribution O-140: Obverse-Stars are large and usually well struck. Date is 8 1/4 mm. and high. The 2 has been recut at the upper curl. Most well preserved specimens show fine die lines above cap and around date.

O-140a: Several die cracks: One from rim near bust joins all stars on left. A second crack joins all figures of the date and all stars on the right.
Reverse- 50 C. is 1 1/4 mm.and high. Arrow to A is less than 1/4 mm. Lines 3 and 1 of stripe 1 extends to crossbar 4. Center line of stripe 3 to crossbar 5.


1827, O-140a, R5, Square Base 2, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1827, O-140a, R5, Square Base 2, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1827, O-140a, R5, Square Base 2, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1827, O-140a, R5, Square Base 2, Capped Bust, Half Dollar
1828 Leaman-Gunnet Emission Sequence Number for O-140: 2 (After 1828 O-103 in 1828)
Overall Number: 271

Top five condition census coins from last 10 years of auction and sale records (O-140):
06/11 Heritage (Long Beach)                       NGC MS60 Det Scratched
08/16 Downey MBS 43 (ANA-Anaheim)       PCGS AU58
11/17 Heritage (Newman-Dallas)                 PCGS AU55 CAC
01/11 Heritage (FUN-Tampa)                        PCGS AU55
01/15 Heritage (FUN-Orlando)                     PCGS AU50 CAC

Top five condition census coins from last 10 years of auction and sale records (O-140a):
04/10 Heritage (Frederick-CSNS)               PCGS AU58
07/08 Downey FPL (ANA-Meyer)                 PCGS AU53
07/15 Stack's-B (Baltimore)                         PCGS AU50
​​​​​​​11/19 Stack's-B (Baltimore)                         PCGS (S) VF30
03/18 Heritage (Internet)                             PCGS VF20