Set report · United States · Half Dollars
Capped Bust Half Dollar: Who Owns What
How often each Capped Bust Half Dollar coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 414 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Capped Bust Half Dollar catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1807 | — | 50 | 12.1% | Uncommon |
| 1807 'Bearded' Liberty (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1807 Large Stars, 50 Over 20 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1807 Large Stars (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1808 | 1,368,600 | 42 | 10.1% | Scarce |
| 1808 8 Over 7 (Error) | — | 3 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1809 | 1,405,810 | 41 | 9.9% | Scarce |
| 1809 | 1,405,810 | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1809 xxxx Edge (Variety) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1810 | 1,276,276 | 49 | 11.8% | Uncommon |
| 1811 | — | 44 | 10.6% | Scarce |
| 1811 11 Over 10 (Error) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1811 Large 8 (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1812 | 1,628,059 | 50 | 12.1% | Uncommon |
| 1812 2 Over 1, Large 8 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1812 2 Over 1, Small 8 (Error) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1812 Single Leaf Below Wing (Variety) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1813 | 1,241,903 | 52 | 12.6% | Uncommon |
| 1813 50 C Over UNI (Error) | — | 6 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1814 | 1,039,075 | 36 | 8.7% | Scarce |
| 1814 4 Over 3 (Error) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1814 E Over A in STATES (Error) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1814 Single Leaf Below Wing (Variety) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1815 | 47,150 | 28 | 6.8% | Scarce |
| 1816 | — | 29 | 7% | Scarce |
| 1817 | 1,215,567 | 42 | 10.1% | Scarce |
| 1817 181 7 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1817 7 Over 3 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1817 7 Over 4 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1817 Single Leaf Below Wing (Variety) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1818 | 1,960,322 | 49 | 11.8% | Uncommon |
| 1818 Large 8 (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1818 Small 8 (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1819 | 2,208,000 | 43 | 10.4% | Scarce |
| 1819 Large 9 Over 8 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1819 Small 9 Over 8 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1820 | — | 33 | 8% | Scarce |
| 1820 Curl Base 2 (Variety) | — | 8 | 1.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1820 Curl Base 2, Small Date (Variety) | — | 6 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1820 No Serifs on E's (Variety) | — | 6 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1820 Square Base Knob 2, Large Date (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1820 Square Base No Knob 2, Large Date (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1821 | 1,305,797 | 37 | 8.9% | Scarce |
| 1822 | 1,559,573 | 42 | 10.1% | Scarce |
| 1822 2 Over 1 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1823 | 1,694,200 | 40 | 9.7% | Scarce |
| 1823 Broken 3 (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1823 Patched 3 (Variety) | — | 6 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1823 Ugly 3 (Variety) | — | 6 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1824 | 3,504,954 | 50 | 12.1% | Uncommon |
| 1824 4 Over 1 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1824 4 Over 4 (Error) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1824 4 Over Various Dates (Error) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1825 | 2,943,166 | 54 | 13% | Uncommon |
| 1826 | 4,004,180 | 62 | 15% | Uncommon |
| 1827 | — | 58 | 14% | Uncommon |
| 1827 7 Over 6 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1827 Curl Base 2 (Variety) | — | 10 | 2.4% | Very scarce |
| 1828 | — | 39 | 9.4% | Scarce |
| 1828 Curl Base No Knob 2 | 3,075,200 | 9 | 2.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1828 Curl Base Knob 2 (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1828 Square Base 2, Large 8's (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1828 Square Base 2, Small 8's, and Letters (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1828 Square Base 2, Small 8's, Large Letters (Variety) | — | 8 | 1.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1829 | 3,712,156 | 53 | 12.8% | Uncommon |
| 1829 9 Over 7 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1829 Large Letters (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1830 | — | 68 | 16.4% | Uncommon |
| 1830 Large 0 (Variety) | — | 14 | 3.4% | Very scarce |
| 1830 Small 0 (Variety) | — | 20 | 4.8% | Very scarce |
| 1831 | 5,873,660 | 69 | 16.7% | Uncommon |
| 1832 | 4,797,000 | 88 | 21.3% | Common |
| 1832 Large Letters (Variety) | — | 14 | 3.4% | Very scarce |
| 1833 | 5,206,000 | 78 | 18.8% | Common |
| 1834 | — | 93 | 22.5% | Common |
| 1834 Large Date, Small Letters (Variety) | — | 13 | 3.1% | Very scarce |
| 1834 Small Date, Stars, Letters (Variety) | — | 15 | 3.6% | Very scarce |
| 1835 | 5,352,006 | 45 | 10.9% | Scarce |
| 1836 | 1,200 | 71 | 17.1% | Common |
| 1836 Reeded Edge | — | 28 | 6.8% | Scarce |
| 1836 1836 50 Over 00 (Error) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1836 1836 Over 1336 (Error) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1836 Beaded Border Reverse (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1837 | 3,629,820 | 65 | 15.7% | Uncommon |
| 1838 | 3,546,000 | 55 | 13.3% | Uncommon |
| 1839 | 1,392,976 | 35 | 8.5% | Scarce |
| 1839 Small Letters Reverse (Variety) | — | 5 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1839-O | 116,000 | 27 | 6.5% | Scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.