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Bust Half Dollar Value
The Bust half dollar value for a coin in "Good" condition is at least $40 each. Your coin is very popular, intensely studied and highly valued.

 


Draped Bust Dollar Replicas
Not all copies of coins are deceptive. Many people like to collect replicas, which faithfully (or not) mirror the design of the originals. By law in the U.S., replicas made in the U.S. or imported into the U.S.

Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate.Bust. - This term is derived from the Italian Busto and the French Buste. It is applied to representations of people that do not extend below the waist.

Bust Half Dimes
There are a few 1794 half dimes known that have been categorized by NGC as Specimen strikings but the first true Proofs were made in 1829.

1794 Bust dollar
The 1794 Bust dollar that many experts now believe is the first silver dollar struck by the United States Mint remains on exhibition at the American Numismatic Association Money Museum through August with displays also now ...

1800 Bust Dollar NGC AU50 BB184 Blue Perimeter Toning
Replica U.S. Trade Dollar 1876 CC #5134
1799 Draped Bust Dollar CHOICE VF+++/XF ** SCARCE!!! ...

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DRAPED BUST HALF DOLLARS (1796-1807)
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DRAPED BUST, SMALL EAGLE REVERSE HALF DOLLAR
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Bust half dollars with lettered edges have undeniable charm, much like the copper coinage of early America. They were struck with screw presses, and each working die was prepared individually, the date, stars and lettering punched in by hand.

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The Draped Bust comes in two basic varieties: with a button at the intersections of the toga folds and another variety without a button.

1796 Draped Bust Dollar
From the rare 1796 draped bust dollars there are six varieties.
A 1796 coin with small date and small Letters (Bolender One, Two and Three)
A 1796 coin with small date and large Letters (Bolender Four and Six) ...

Though relatively few Draped Bust Dimes were struck, the ones that were did indeed circulate. The dime, from its beginnings in 1796, was a 'workhorse' coin.
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Capped Bust Half Dimes
Seated Liberty Half Dime
Seated Liberty Dime
Barber Dimes
Mercury Dime
Twenty Cent Piece
Capped Bust Large Size Quarter Dollar
Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar
Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar
Washington Quarter Dollars ...

IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVG, SC in ex, Decius seated left on curule chair set on a low platform, right hand extended, officer standing left behind him, ...

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Bust A - The front of the dress has 3-3/4 panels
Bust C - The front of the dress has 3-½ or 3-1/3 panels . check the flower on the right of the bottom panel . it has fewer leaves than the one in Bust A ...

Bust - A portrait on a coin, usually including the head, neck and upper shoulders.
Clad Coinage - Coins with a core and outer layer of differing substances. Most modern U.S. dimes, quarters, and half dollars feature a clad composition.

Bust - Usually referred to as the portrait on a coin. A bust could be anything from a head and neck to a likeness encompassing a third of the body, but most often meant to mean the head, neck and upper portion of the shoulders.

Bust - The head and upper portion of the body.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing - An agency of the U.S. Treasury Department responsible for production of currency.
Business Strike - A coin struck for circulation. ...

Bust dollar: the United States Silver Dollars issued from 1795 to 1804.

Bust - Device including head, neck, and some part of shoulder or chest.
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bust The head and shoulders of the emblematic Liberty seen on many United States issues. See also Capped Bust, Draped Bust.

Bust
Device including the head neck and partial shoulder of a portrait.

BUST
The head and shoulders, in relief of the Monarch which appears on the obverse side of Canadian coins. Also Portrait.
BUSY FIELDS ...

Bust dollar
Slang term for silver dollars struck from 1795 through 1803.
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*** Bust types not in RIC VII of coins from the period ***
H Series - Laureate, helmeted, cuirassed, spear across right shoulder, no shield
I Series - Laureate, cuirassed, Victory on globe in right hand, scepter in left hand ...

Capped Bust - A term describing any of the various representations of the head of Miss Liberty depicted on certain early U.S. coins by a bust with a floppy cap. The design is attributed to John Reich.

Draped Bust Cents
That old American coin with a flowing-hair girl may seem old-fashioned in an age of peekaboos and belly buttons showing--although Victorians could be just as ribald as Madonna used to be.

Bust left (first bust) in coronation robes, high, double-arched crown, ruffled collar, XX behind head
CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX XX
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Bust left with medium beard, wearing tiara with six point star in center
Reverse:
Archer seated right on throne holding bow, with legend around ...

BUST CAPPED DIME, 1830, JR-8 Variety, conservatively graded by ANACS as AU-58, so close to Uncirculated to be hard to tell with naked eye. (945941) $550.00
Liberty Seated Dimes (1837-1991)
Fair to Average Circulated. $5.00 each.

Bust of Elizabeth in a plain dress facing left
Reverse Legend:
POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM (I have made God my helper) ...

Bust of Aphrodite (B. M. C., Italy, p. 40).
AΓKΩN Bent arm holding palm; above, two stars.
Æ .8 ...

Bust Right
Portraits of women were always draped busts so there is no need to specify the clothing. The laurel wreath and radiate crown was never used. Hairstyles vary greatly and require comment when useful to distinguish various issues.

Bust of Julius Caesar, whose rise to power and assassination set the stage for Augustus to establish himself as the first Princeps.

Bust of William McKinley to left on obverse, inscriptions above and below, reverse with Mint assay scene.

Bust Half Dollar: Above the date on the 1838-O and 1839-O Reeded Edge coins only. The former is a legendary rarity.
Seated Liberty Half Dollar: Below the eagle on the reverse
Barber Half Dollar: Below the eagle on the reverse ...

Bust
A portrait on a coin, often depicting the head, neck, and sometimes upper shoulders.
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Bust - The head, including at least a portion of the collar bone.

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Bust Half Dollars are very scarce in MS condition, but very plentiful in AU grades. I remember regularly seeing AU Bust Half dollars getting MS grades during this time.

Bust-type coins, minted from 1772-1821, carry the effigies of Carlos III, Carlos IV, and Fernando VII.
Coins depicting the liberty cap were minted from 1823-1909.

Bust of a Sasanian King
The Persians hated the Parthians, weakened by their wars with Rome, and in 220 Persia reclaimed its old empire when Artashir overthrew the Parthians.

The bust on the new eagle was almost identical to the Nike head (Victory) that Saint Gaudens designed for Sherman's monument in New York's Central Park.

The bust left type is rare.
Tacitus (AD 275-276)
RIC p.325 Still no "TR" mintmark. * over KA or IA. Letters of irregular sizes; especially "S" and "C" larger than others ...

The bust of the emperor (or empress) on the obverse is a feature common to practically all the coins of the empire. The bust is surrounded by his titles, for example on some of the denarii issued by Vespasian (A.D. 69-79) the obverse legend reads imp.

Obv: Bust of Astarte-Europa right, in stephane & veil falling from chignon, smaller laureate head of Trajan right in front.

Capped Bust to Right half eagles with Heraldic Eagle reverse were minted with dates from 1795 through 1807, although it is believed that those struck with dates prior to 1798 were produced in 1798 by using obverse dies on hand from earlier years.

Capped Bust Half Dime - Business Strike
Liberty Seated Half Dime - No Stars - B.S.
Liberty Seated Half Dime - No Drapery - B.S.

Capped Bust
A term describing any of the various incarnations of the head of Miss Liberty represented on early U.S. coins by a bust with a floppy cap. This design is credited to John Reich.
capped die ...

Marble bust of Julian: Rome, Capitoline Museums
Chalcedony portrait of Julian from the 4th century: Saint-Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum ...

Obverse: Bust of Empress looking forward
Reverse: 4 Chinese characters reads: Ssu Ch'uan Sheng Tsao
Made in Szechwan Province
Code: FC3.2
Coin FC3.1 minted in gold
Ref: Bruce XM423 ...

Boom and Bust:
Unfortunate tendency of the modern British economy to exhibit periods of rapid expansion (often driven by high consumer spending, often largely on imported goods) followed by periods of rapid decline.
Bull Market: ...

Portrait or bust design.
Engraver
the artist who sculpts the coin design prior to making dies. The master dies are made from the large sized sculpted artwork.

not with this bust type
Trajan 98-117 CE ® As (10.84 g)
Obv: laureate head right.
Rx: AQUA TRAIANA SC, river god reclining left under arched grotto supported by two columns.
Ex. Hannes Mayer ...

Obverse: Young bust left, VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D: around
Reverse: Britannia seated facing right, ship on sea in front, lighthouse behind, FARTHING around, date below.
If present, the mint-mark (H) is below the date.

262 Æ As. Bust right//Virtus standing with spear. SR-2817v. rough F-VF $60
263 TRAJAN. 98-117. AR Denarius. Abundantia seated left, with cornucopia holding scepter. RIC-11, C-301. Toned VF $75 ...

bullion -term used when referring to items made of precious metal. Particularly silver, gold, and platinum. bust - portrait on a coin, usually the head or head and shoulders.
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cameo ...

Non-business strikes would be coins such as proofs, and special uncirculated coins or sets not intended to circulate. bust - portrait on a coin, usually the head or head and shoulders.
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COA ...

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