{"id":2276,"date":"2000-11-15T08:51:59","date_gmt":"2000-11-15T13:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsurfer.com\/blog\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2021-07-16T07:07:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:07:54","slug":"1830-bust-half-vf-30ish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/archives\/2276","title":{"rendered":"#3 &#8211; 1830 Bust Half (VF 30ish)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1119131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2277\" title=\"111913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1119131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1119131.jpg 852w, https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1119131-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1119131-500x246.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another find of a lifetime.\u00a0 I&#8217;m fortunate enough to have had 2.\u00a0 Just a random spot in a random field, sometimes better to be lucky than good.\u00a0 I like hunting fields for a change, but most of the time you get occasional reales and coppers, after hours and hours of patience.\u00a0 This was a nice treat.\u00a0 Came in bouncing between 01-42 and 22-something on the E-Trac, about 8 inches.\u00a0 Saw the eagle first, thought it might be a walker, then turned it over and was shocked to see the bust.\u00a0 I was jacked.\u00a0 Here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/archives\/2261\">original blog entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>As for ranking it #2 on this list, tough call, but a good problem to have I, guess.\u00a0 It is a stunning coin, and should be #1, maybe.\u00a0 OTOH, the draped bust half dime is also beautiful, much rarer, and worth considerably more.\u00a0 Even tho it is a smaller bust silver, it is a type older, and I&#8217;ve never ever seen one posted on an MD forum, so I think it is a harder find as well.\u00a0 So, that&#8217;s that, tough decision.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Found: 19-Nov-2013; Location: field; Machine: E-Trac<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another find of a lifetime.\u00a0 I&#8217;m fortunate enough to have had 2.\u00a0 Just a random spot in a random field, sometimes better to be lucky than good.\u00a0 I like hunting fields for a change, but most of the time you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/archives\/2276\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2276"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2279,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions\/2279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}