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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 2, January 11, 2015, Article 10

SUPERIOR PHOTO OF O-130 1795 HALF DOLLAR SOUGHT

Gawain O'Connor submitted the following question relating to a photo produced by Superior Stamp and Coin Co. of a rare variety of U.S. half dollar described in the book by Al Overton, Early Half Dollar Die Varieties, 1794-1836. Can anyone help? -Editor

lot 867 1795. Overton 130

The International Bank Note Society, Vancouver chapter, hosted a “white elephant” fund-raiser sale at their Christmas party and I picked up some lots of old auction catalogs. Looking through them, the description of Lot 867 caught my attention. It said:

1795. Overton 130; 7 berries left, 10 right; O first cut sideways, then corrected. Very Good, a few details more like Fine; right half of obverse rough, probably from sea water, as the left part (which we may suppose to have been protected by another coin) is entirely normal. Reverse is clean, evenly worn, without any defects worth mention. Listed as R-6, but evidently near the top of that level; so rare that Overton never illustrated one, its reverse (U) being one of only five reverses of 1795 (reverses A, D, P and Q being the others) not pictured in any combination. Important enough as such, we believe, so that extra photos of this coin will be furnished on request, at nominal cost, to bidders wishing to insert them into their copies of Overton’s book. PHOTO

from Superior Stamp and Coin Co., Inc. Auction Sale - Part 3 October 1, 2, 3, 4 1973 (Clarke E. Gilhousen collection)

Overton Early Half Dollar Die Varieties My second edition of Overton (1970) did not have this photo added. Does anyone have a copy that does? I haven’t checked to see if Superior still has extra photos available…

The 1795 O-130 is now considered an R-5 and later editions include illustrations, but I am still impressed with the generosity of the original offer to share numismatic information.



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Wayne Homren, Editor

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