3 unusual silver's and a martingale heart

[creskol]

This was a crazy day...lots of trash, 3 weird silver's and a heart. I also managed to save a few beer cans.

 

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[djackson7348]

Looks like it wasn't a crazy day, it was a great day.

 

[IDXMonster]

What in the hell ARE the silvers? One looks like the back of a Walker, one looks like a baby Morgan....what have you got going on Creskol?

 

[Jose The Goon]

Weird Silvers ? That Abe Lincoln commemorative half is Fantastic !!! Many of us wish we could have "weird' finds like that one !
Huge congrats !!

 

[creskol]

What in the hell ARE the silvers? One looks like the back of a Walker, one looks like a baby Morgan....what have you got going on Creskol?

Enlarge the pics to the max, and you can see what they are pretty easily. I still don't know what the one on the left is. It looks lie the eagle, etc is engraved rather than mint pressed.

 

[Jose The Goon]

Just looked up the Lincoln half in my Coin World. That's 100 skins in VF20 condition. Regardless, it's a beautiful coin. CHEERS !!!
The one on the left definitely looks like a Seated Half. What year is anyone's guess. Not in great shape
but cool find nonetheless. Great hunt !!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Sweet!!! Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[creskol]

Thanks Jose.. I appreciate the info.

 

[creskol]

Looks like it wasn't a crazy day, it was a great day.

Thank you, djackson. It was a great day, just unusual finds. I was going to go back today, but it is raining too hard.

 

[Argentium]

The silver in the middle is clearly an Illinois Centennial half 1918 , These original commemorative silver half dollars almost never get dug up ! The mintage numbers are low ( 100,000 for yours ) I must disagree with Jose , I see no details anything like a Seated Liberty half on the coin to the left - I have no idea what the other coin with the Morgan dollar obverse is ? Can you give us a bit of story about the type of location where you found these ?, were they near each other ?

 

[creskol]

The silver in the middle is clearly an Illinois Centennial half 1918 , These original commemorative silver half dollars almost never get dug up ! The mintage numbers are low ( 100,000 for yours ) I must disagree with Jose , I see no details anything like a Seated Liberty half on the coin to the left - I have no idea what the other coin with the Morgan dollar obverse is ? Can you give us a bit of story about the type of location where you found these ?, were they near each other ?

Thanks! I was hunting around the smaller of two old foundations on a site in Virginia. The bigger site still has a partial chimney, but the smaller site is just a foundation., maybe 20' x 20'.

 

[azdirtdigger]

Possibly the first coin. Capped Busted half dollar, the 3rd coin pictured.


http://coinauctionshelp.com/Capped_Bust_Half_Dollar.html#.XkLDVCNlBEY

 

[JamieD]

Right hand coin looks like a silver plated token for Charles W Hamill from Baltimore. One on worthpoint here:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/charles-hamill-co-baltimore-maryland-519711379

There’s a couple on eBay at the moment too but it looks like they’re pretty scarce.

 

[cudamark]

Enlarge the pics to the max, and you can see what they are pretty easily. I still don't know what the one on the left is. It looks lie the eagle, etc is engraved rather than mint pressed.

Looks like a seated half, but, might be a counterfeit. Hard to tell in that condition and not having it in hand to inspect.

 

[Argentium]

Finally saw the eagle design on the 1st coin pictured ..With apologies to Jose - (who suggested Seated Liberty) - it could be related to a Seated or Capped Bust half - I say related because as creskol pointed out the eagle design appears to be incuse, as though a genuine coin had been pressed against a blank planchet of some kind - interesting ! Creskol , could you get a weight in grams for this piece ? I wonder what the composition is ?

 

[MidMoTreasure]

That Illinois commemorative is absolutely insane. Congrats.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Sweet hunt. I love that Lincoln Half, super big silver coin. The coin on the left definitely looks like a Seated Half, I would be tempted to clean it up a bit more. Does look imprinted, but maybe just very worn and now tarnished. Is the token on the right silver as well? Congrats

 

[HIGHSTRUNG]

Very nice! Congrats!

 

[washingtonian]

I love those commemorative halves! Such cool and unique coins. I've never found one. If you can get some close ups with better lighting I would love to see these on the TNet banner!!!

 

[lenmac65]

Those are great silvers. The reverse on that Lincoln coin is impressive. Congrats on some unique finds.