1832 CAPPED BUST 50C, SMALL LETTERS MS65

SMALL LETTERS. LOVELY TONING. O-103. RARITY-1. Upon his appointment to the position of chief engraver in 1824, William Kneass was initially tasked with refining the coinage designs then in use by the United States Mint. In 1832, he put his hand to John Reich's Capped Bust Half Dollar. Examples differ from earlier-dated pieces chiefly in the finepoints of Liberty's bust. Thanks to Kneass' work, extant 1832 Halves display the bust in higher relief, finer haircurls and a slightly altered profile. Of the 23 known die marriages for this issue, all but one (O-101) display small letters in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.