Fair-2 1920 Bust Half
Someone expressed an interest the other day about a coin graded Fair-2. Well, I have a Bust half that would qualify at least from the reverse. The obverse might be a touch better but not better than AG-3 since you can read the date and see the outline of Lady Liberty. But all you can see on the reverse is the outline of the eagle and banner and just barely parts of "OF AMERICA" but not much else. You can identify it as to type from the reverse and the size would give you the denomination. It is dated 1820 and is a square base, no knob 2 and most probably an Overton 18.
It is one of 4 Bust halves I bought from a colleague years ago. His grandfather had given them to him in the 1920's. He had taken the coins to a dealer who offered him $60 for all 4. I told him I'd give him $80 sight unseen figuring with G halves going for $20 each at the time, I couldn't go wrong. I gave him a check for $80 and he brought the coins the next time he was in Washington (He lived in New York). The one pictured was the worst one from a grading standpoint. The others were an 1823 in VG (believe it or not, this looks like it still has luster arount the lettering), an 1832 in VF and the last one was a beautiful AU 1830 (which you can see parts of on
1830BustHalf). I fared pretty well on this.So here's the picture (The line across the obverse is an artifact of my scanner
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