Mint records indicate 1,039,075 half dollars were struck in 1814. These coins were from a combination of eight obverse and nine reverse dies for a total of nine die marriages. Included among these is this popular 1814/3 overdate variety. Among other varieties is the O-108 with E over A in STATES, and the O-105a Single Leaf variety, actually a later die state of the O-105 die marriage. The Logan Collection includes 15 half dollars of this mintage including several die states and five off-center examples. Also included is the extremely rare 1814 Platinum half dollar, a contemporary pattern issue and one of just two examples known. Both obverse and reverse have prominent clash marks and extensive die cracks as described by Overton for O-101a. FIFFTTYY CCEENNTTSS OORR HALF AA DDOOLLLLAARR. Leaman/Gunnet Emission Sequence for 1814 Capped Bust half dollars: O-101, 104, 108, 107, 105, 109, 102, 103, 106.
Purchased April 14, 1992 from Stewart Witham.