A commemorative worth more than melt

[Yinzi50]

I have found B.T. Washington, Stone Mountain, and Columbian Expo before but they are not worth much. Finally found one worth some money. The coin looks better in hand.

 

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[mlayers]

Where did you find it. Out detecting or a garage sale, auction where.....Matt

 

[clovis97]

Wow...that is cool!!!

I've only seen pics of these...what is it worth?

 

[Yinzi50]

Wow...that is cool!!!

I've only seen pics of these...what is it worth?

Maybe $50-$100 on Feebay.

Where did you find it. Out detecting or a garage sale, auction where.....Matt

From a bank roll of halves.

 

[SFBayArea]

You found one of the lower mintage old time silver commemoratives..

Mintage of only 59,038

Nice Going.. according to my 1984 Redbook, it's $80.00 in AU-50 condition..

It looks EF-40 so based on today's inflation, I'm guessing $80.00 in EF condition.

Haven't checked Feebay.. you probably found of the best low mintage old commemoratives on this site.

Congrats

 

[OmegaMan]

Sweet!

 

[rileyboy]

Excellent find. I love those old commemoratives. Nice photo. Thanks
rileyboy

 

[Captaindoodle]

A very nice find sir, and a noteworthy post.

Congratulations.

HH
CD

 

[jrf30]

You found one of the lower mintage old time silver commemoratives..

Mintage of only 59,038

Nice Going.. according to my 1984 Redbook, it's $80.00 in AU-50 condition..

According to my 2011 red Book, it is up to $200 in AU-50 condition. Quite the increase. :-)

And mintage dropped to 35,000 without the "2X2" in the feild of obverse. Ha!

Great find!

 

[Yinzi50]

You found one of the lower mintage old time silver commemoratives..

Mintage of only 59,038

Nice Going.. according to my 1984 Redbook, it's $80.00 in AU-50 condition..

According to my 2011 red Book, it is up to $200 in AU-50 condition. Quite the increase. :-)

And mintage dropped to 35,000 without the "2X2" in the feild of obverse. Ha!

Great find!

The actual mintage is uncertain. According to this article, the plain strike should be anywhere between 49030 to 54030.
http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=6461&universeid=313

 

[CHAINCHOMP]

amazing find!!! i have yet to even find a clad commem! keep it up and hh!

 

[KyFreeBird]

Great find !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ivan salis]

I take that for 50 cents all day long and twice on sunday.

 

[SFBayArea]

I am still stunned by your find.. that is simply the best single CRH half dollar piece that one could find.. I also wanted to vote banner. Wow, I don't think anyone can top finding something better in a roll than that other than a gold piece. WOW WOW WOW

That's even better than finding a Seated or Bust Half in my opinion. Such low mintage is unprecedented. I wonder what the story is behind that coin. How did it end up there? Can't believe it's been circulated and people actually used it for change.. what idiots. Your gain. WOW WOW

 

[quiksilver]

Probably feels better in hand. I love touching coins. I put a few of the kooler ones in air tites.

 

[Yinzi50]

I am still stunned by your find.. that is simply the best single CRH half dollar piece that one could find.. I also wanted to vote banner. Wow, I don't think anyone can top finding something better in a roll than that other than a gold piece. WOW WOW WOW

That's even better than finding a Seated or Bust Half in my opinion. Such low mintage is unprecedented. I wonder what the story is behind that coin. How did it end up there? Can't believe it's been circulated and people actually used it for change.. what idiots. Your gain. WOW WOW

Thanks for your cheers! Looks like you cherish old commemorative as I do.
Other members did find more valuable coins than this one. I remember that 1921, 1921-D, 1938-D high grade, and barber key-date have been found.