1827 Capped Bust Half Dollar. O-146. Rarity-2. Curl Base 2. MS-64 (NGC).，A warmly patinated and exceptionally well preserved example of the 1827 Curl Base 2 <em>Guide Book</em> variety. Both sides are well centered in strike with complete, if slightly uneven denticulation around both sides. The devices are boldly to sharply defined, and the surfaces exhibit an expectably smooth satin texture for the assigned grade. With 49 varieties known, the 1827 can be one of the most challenging Capped Bust half dollars to attribute. The Curl Base 2 variety, however, has only two die pairings, and they share the same obverse. Overton-146 is the more common of these varieties, its reverse identifiable by the attachment of the final letter A in AMERICA to the adjacent arrowhead. A number of Mint State examples are known, the present near-Gem an apparent newcomer to the Condition Census as presented in the Autumn 2017 revision to Stephen J. Herrmans <em>Auction & Mail Bid Prices Realized for Bust Half Dollars: 1794-1839</em>. The highest graded coins listed in that reference are also graded MS-64.，PCGS# 6145. NGC ID: 24FN.，，From the Catherine Bullowa Moore Collection.
