Wondering about these 1834 Halfs

[steelheadwill]

Hi All!
I recently picked up these two 1834 halfs,
Have some concerns about authenticity...
both ring as silver when dropped on table.
photos 1-3 show a large date/large letter variety, 32.5mm, 13.3gm, edge lettering is upright when viewed with obverse facing up.
My main issue with this coin is that I can't find a variety with the E Pluribus Unum Banner extending to the E in United on the obverse as this one does
Photos 4-6 show a small date/letter (I think), 32 mm, 13.2 gm.
the edge lettering on this is upside down when viewed obverse facing up, has 'reeding'? between the words, and a slight rotation error.
I am hoping someone may be able to enlighten me on these coins.
Opinions on grade and value are of course welcome
Thanks for looking & HH

 

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[1235CE]

Nice halves!

Both are definitely real, hell, one is even plugged lending authenticity also......

Not sure about why you can't find the variety you're looking for but yes, 100% genuine Bust halves.

HH all!

Greg

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice halves!

Both are definitely real, hell, one is even plugged lending authenticity also......

Not sure about why you can't find the variety you're looking for but yes, 100% genuine Bust halves.

HH all!

Greg

Thanks Greg!
I see there are many varieties of this issue,
you can't view all of them without a book or subscription.
The difference in edge letter orientation is interesting,
was it just a random thing
I appreciate the info
Awesome Dime you got there
HH All!

 

[1235CE]

No problem at all.......I know what you mean, if you don't have all the correct books for determining a variety (which I don't) it is a challange to figure things out with just on-line pictures.......

Thanks for the dime compliment, I'm slowly learning that every beep is not one of those, lol.

HH all!

Greg

 

[mainer]

Nice looking capped busts Herbie. There my favorite U.S. coin design.

 

[Don in SJ]

Interesting, when I first started looking I was fairly certain the Large Letter/Date one is a O-102 variety. But after looking for a match of the plugged one, I came close but no cigar, than I noticed, and I hope it is not my old eyes failing me, but I don't think the horizontal lines are horizontal on the second coins shield, sure look diagonal to me So, now I have doubts about both if you got them from the same source.

I also do not have the book, so doing the old eye strain on-line comparison, but I just don't think diagonal lines in the shield are legit.

Don

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks Jesse,
My oldest Dug Silver is a '27 Capped Bust Dime, I gotta say I agree this issue is the
most regal looking Silver IMO.
Of all US Coins, I like the Flowing Hair Coppers best
Don,
I had to take another look at that shield myself
The shield in the OP does look like diagonal lines, photographic aberration
I should have noticed this, it's really obvious now that you mention it,
your eyes are fine
both actually have horizontal lines
I also learned that modern business strike edge lettered coins are randomly fed into the lettering machine, so the orietation could be to either side.
Don, do you think I can label #1 (Non Plugged) as an # O-102 ?
I appreciate your taking a look at these !
HH to you

 

[Don in SJ]

OK, spent some more time looking, still think O-102 for the non-plugged one and possibly O-116 for the plugged half. HOWEVER, something just not right, it is hard looking on-line through the varieties, and these are my best choices, but angles of the online photos and your photos can skew what is being seen, so not 100% sure at all. What would concern me is that I read the 1834 Bust Half Dollar has 12 COUNTERFEIT varieties, and without knowing what they look like, I would be very hesitant to say for sure on the attributions. I believe the 12 varieties are contemporary, which I suspect is somewhat collectible, but again, no idea. Wish I was more knowledgeable on the Bust Half Dollar coinage.

Here is an excerpt from this link: http://www.coinresource.com/articles/capped_bust.htm

Some years with high numbers of different counterfeit coins: 1825 & 1826 - 7 different, 1828 - 10 different , 1829 - 9 different, 1830 - 13 different, 1831 - 11 different, 1832 - 14 different, 1833 - 23 different, 1834 - 12 different, 1835 & 1836 - 9 different, 1838 - 12 different varieties. And you think all your Bust half dollars are genuine?

Here is the site I use for comparing by photos Bust Coinage, a tad hard but at least most varieties seem to be on this site.

http://rob.com/russ/collection/

Don

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks again Don!
I would actually prefer period counterfeits
Will spend some time looking through those links, the only one I knew that listed varieties was coinfacts, and after two veiws, they want $$$,
which I am short of
I appreciate the time spent you on this,
and your not mentioning my photographic novicity