1831 O-108 R1 Capped Bust Half Dollar
Obverse: 5
Reverse: G
A common marriage with high grade MS coins available. Finding a decent problem free example should be on the easier side.
Variety Attribution: Obverse-Star 13 is less than 1/4 mm. from curl. Date is a close 6 3/4 mm. and well centered. First 1 is wider, higher, and out of line with 831.Tiny serifs at tops of ones. 3 lower than 181.
Reverse- 50 C. is 1 mm. rather large and a bit high. The 5 is higher than 0 and tipped more to left, with an open loop and straight top. Arrow to A is 1/4 mm. I is slightly right of center of T.
1831 Leaman-Gunnet Emission Sequence Number for O-108: 15
Overall Number: 350Top five condition census coins from last 10 years of auction and sale records:
05/12 Goldberg (Pre-Long Beach) NGC MS66
11/07 Heritage (Dallas) NGC MS66
11/19 Stack's-B (Nov Baltimore) PCGS MS65 (Former NGC MS65)
09/18 Goldberg (Pre-Long Beach) PCGS MS65
08/15 Stack's-B (ANA-Chicago) NGC MS65