1829/7 Capped Bust Half Dollar. O-102. Rarity-2. MS-65 (NGC).A beautifully toned, wonderfully original Gem that ranks among the finest certified survivors from the 1829/7 O-102 dies. Both sides are lightly to moderately toned in a blend of iridescent pinkish-apricot and powder blue. The strike is nicely centered with full denticulation around both sides. Apart from a touch of softness to the highest curl of Libertys hair, the eagles left talon and the end of the olive branch, all design elements are boldly to sharply rendered. Satiny and smooth, the surfaces are a delight to behold and readily uphold the validity of the assigned grade. The overdate die marriages in the widely collected Capped Bust half dollar series have long enjoyed strong demand among specialists in early U.S. Mint coinage. There are two such varieties for the 1829-dated issue, both of which share the same obverse with bold remnants of the 7 beneath the primary digit 9. Overton-102, offered here, is marginally scarcer than O-101, but both varieties are readily obtainable in an absolute sense. At the Gem Mint State grade level, however, this is a rare variety with the present example tied for CC#2 in the Autumn 2018 revision to Stephen J. Herrmans emAuction & Mail Bid Prices Realized for Bust Half Dollars: 1794-1839/em. Worthy of the strongest bids.From Heritages Long Beach Expo of June 2015, lot 3962.
