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PCGS Number: 39806 Coin Date: 1829 Denomination (Short): 50c Denomination (Long): 50 Cents Variety: Small Letters Variety 2: O-120 Desg: MS Composition: 89% silver; 11% copper Mintage: 3,712,156 Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Capped bust half dollar Coinage Years: 1807-1836 Mint Location: Philadelphia Diameter: 32.5 Fineness: 0.89 Weight (Grams): 13.48 Weight (Ounces): 0.4755 Designer: John Reich Edge: Lettered Obverse Description: <section class="wp-paragraph">
<p>Mouth open, S7UH-TOC</p>
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<p><b>OBV. 7. S1LE, S7UH-TOC, S8B, S13B.</b> Mouth is open. Date is 8 mm., and well centered, S13 is ½ mm. from curl. Some specimens show a patch of parallel die lines below star 13. (See O.112)</p>
</section> Reverse Description: <section class="wp-paragraph">
<p>Defect line across upper olive berry</p>
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<p><b>REV. P. A1UH, A2C, A3UE.</b> 50 C. is 1 ½ mm. and well centered. A-A is 1 mm. Right sides of D-E in line. A die defect line crosses upper olive berry and joins the two upper pair of leaves. This is same reverse used in 1831 for reverse D. (20,12) R.8</p>
</section> General Notes: Rarity ratings provided courtesy of the Bust Half Nut Club Rarity Ratings Committee as published in their 2020 BHNC study report. PCGS #: 39806 NGC ID: 24FS
