The Planchet
A Publication of theIndianapolis Coin Club
March 2010 Issue 511

The next meeting will be Monday,
March 22nd 2010
The Meetings of the Indianapolis Coin Club are held
the fourth Monday of each month at theNorthside Knights of Columbus
2100 E. 71st Street in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Meetings consist of a business session, an intermission, educational program,and a numismatic auction. Doors open at 6:00pm, meeting will begin at 7:00pm.

2010 Meeting Dates:
Mar. 22nd
Apr. 26th
May 24th
June 28th
July 26th
Aug. 23rd
Sept. 27th
Oct. 25th
Nov. 22nd
December Banquet

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CAPPED BUST HALF EAGLES
1807 - 1812
byMichael Schmidt

W hen John Reich was hired at the Mint as an Assistant Engraver

for the aging Robert Scot, he was ordered to come up with new designs
to “improve” those currently on the coinage. For the half eagle he created a draped bust figure of Liberty facing left, with thirteen stars arranged seven left and six right, and the date placed below the bust. On
the reverse a spread winged eagle with a shield on the breast and upraised wing tips is displayed below a ribbon with the motto E Pluribus
Unum. Around the rim is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and denomination 5 D is below the eagle. Mintages for most years run right around
fifty thousand coins, but 1810 and 1811 have coinages of about one
hundred thousand each. This series once again has many varieties forbeing minted for such a short time. Even so, due to the rarity of thecoins most of these varieties do not command a significant premium.
1808 and 1809 both come as overdates (All of the 1809’s are overdates. There are two different overdates and one normal date for1808.), 1810 comes with four easily recognized varieties.

There were two obv dies, one with a large date and one smalldate, and three reverse dies with a large and small 5 and one with a tall
5. These five dies are combined to create four different varieties. The
small date comes with the small and tall 5, the large date is combinedwith either the small or large 5.
This sleepy little series was short and died without a whimper in
1813, but the coins are highly treasured by their owners since their survival rate was very low. Even problem coins are hard to come by and forthis reason many of them get into third party slabs. They wouldn’t if they
were a later more readily available coin.

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As of Friday March 19th I haven’t received asecretaries report. Due to the fact that I have tomake sure to mail these in a timely manor I havedecided to go ahead without it.
Matt