1836 O-106 R1 Beaded Border Reverse Capped Bust Half Dollar

Variety Attribution O-106: Obverse-First 9 stars are flat, last 4 sharp. Date is 7 1/2 mm. with nicely formed and well aligned figures.

O-106a: Surface is rather granular, with a pronounced roughness around date and last four stars, especially the latter.

O-106:Reverse- 50 C. is 1 mm. with a larger 50 than most in 1836. Arrow to A is 1 1/4 mm. Left side of T and right side of I in line. Most of the stripe lines extend to crossbars 2 and 3. Line 2 and 3 of stripe 5 extend below feathers into field. This reverse is the only reverse in the lettered edge series in the lettered edge series that has a raised edge with beaded segments.

O-106a: There is a die break from rim to center arrow point and progressing in stages through upper arrohead, across right wing and field to scroll. In the latest stage another crack crosses upper right wing to bottom of C in AMERICA.