Collector's Checklist for Bust Half Dollars
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Liberty Coin Service Collector’s Checklist for Bust Half Dollars (1794-1839) Business Strikes and Selected Varieties Purchase Purchase Coin Grade Date Price Coin Grade Date Price Flowing Hair Type 1794 1812 1795, Recut date 2 over 1, small 8 3 Leaves under each wing 2 over 1, large 8 Draped Bust Type, Small Eagle Reverse Single leaf below wing 1796, 15 Stars 1813 16 Stars 50C over UNI 1797, 15 Stars 1814 Draped Bust Type, Heraldic Reverse 4 over 3 1801 E over A in STATES 1802 Single leaf below wing 1803, Small 3 1815, 5 over 2 Large 3 1817 1805, 5 over 4 7 over 3 1806, 6 over 5 7 over 4 6 over inverted 6 Dated 181.7 Knobbed 6, large stars Single leaf below wing Knobbed 6, small stars 1818 Knobbed 6, stem not through claw 8 over 7, small 8 Pointed 6, stem through claw 8 over 7, large 8 Pointed 6, stem not through claw 1819 1807 Small 9 over 8 Capped Bust Type, Lettered Edge Large 9 over 8 1807, Small stars 1820, 20 over 19, square 2 Large stars 20 over 19, curl 2 Large stars, 50 over 20 Curl base 2, small date “Bearded” Liberty Sq. base knob 2, lg. dt. 1808 Sq. base no knob 2, lg. dt. 8 over 7 No serifs on E’s 1809, Normal edge 1822 xxxx edge 2 over 1 IIIIIII edge 1823 1810 Broken 3 1811, (18.11) 11 over 10 Patched 3 Small 8 Ugly 3 Large 8 1824 Purchase Coin Grade Date Price over various dates 4 over 1 4 over 4 (2 var.) 1825 1826 1827, 7 over 6 Sq. base 2 Curl base 2 1828, Curl base, no knob 2 Curl base, knob 2 Sq. base 2, lg. 8’s Sq. base 2, sm. 8’s, lg. let. Sq. base 2, sm. 8’s, & let. 1829 Large letters 1830, Small 0 Large 0 Large letters 1831 1832 Large letters 1833 Portrait Modified Slightly 1834, Large date & let. Lg. date, small letters Sm. date, stars, letters 1835 1836 over 1336 50 over 00 Beaded border on rev. Reeded Edge, Reverse “50 CENTS” 1836 1837 Reeded Edge, Reverse “HALF DOL” 1838 1838-O 1839 Small letters reverse 1839-O © 2016 by Thomas Coulson.