USA (Philadelphia mint), half dollar Capped Bust, 1828, with incuse merchant countermarks "H.Whitcomb" and "1831," rare. KM-37. 13.27 grams. Nice VF with evenly toned fields, bold countermarks. Henry Whitcomb was a jeweler, watchmaker and inventor in New York in the early 1800s. In 1827 he was granted a patent for an improvement in the method of discharging cannon and ship-guns.
Estimate: $600