1837 Capped Bust Half Dime

[Silvermonkey]

Good Morning All- Had some time for a quick hunt this morning, and was fortunate to dig a 1837 half dime. It wasn't a great signal, but gave off enough of a squeak, that I had to see what it was. The coin itself is in rough shape, and has an odd milky color to it. Not sure what would cause that. Anyway...I'm still very excited with this find. Thanks for taking a look.

 

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[trapperart]

You have every right to be excited, congrats on a nice silver

 

[against the wind]

Sweet Capped Bust Half Dime.
I also like that Choppahawk.
Congratulations

 

[port ewen ace]

HOLY droolin'

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

It looks as though the coin survived a fire; nonetheless, a Capped Bust coin is a great day!

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Congrats on the capped bust, one that still eludes me.

 

[deershed]

A capped bust is a Great find in any shape not that yours looks bad at all, Awesome find!!

 

[JeffInMass]

Another great find from Massachusetts- Congrats!

-- Jeff --

 

[BigWaveDave]

Congrats....
Wish I was still up there, digging up old stuff.

 

[Kurios1]

Very nice old silver coin. The detail looks fine but, that milky white"patina" is weird? Either way I'd still be STOKED ! Great hunt there buddy.

 

[Argentium]

I think fire could account for the blisters on the surfaces and the patina ,nice find !!

 

[vpnavy]

..: NICE FINDS SilverMonkey :..
Thanks for sharing!​

 

[trdking]

nice early girl Awesome

 

[Silvermonkey]

Thanks for the nice comments from everyone. Now I have to go find her less crusty sister... HH

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Really good day when you score an early US half dime .
IMHO , Headphones are the only hope for most diggers to hear these " tiny " coins . your name , good choice, ha ha

 

[Garrett424]

Beautiful old silver. It's in nice shape too..

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the beautiful half dime!

 

[Ahab8]

Great coin! Still looked for a capped silver. Hopefully soon

 

[Diggin Dude]

Amazing find!! Capped bust silver is on a lot of people's bucket list including mine! Well done! Congrats and HH

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Very cool find! On my bucket list for sure. The coin has great detail. I wonder if the "blistering" is just uneven mineral coating or actual damage to the silver coin, like pitting on a copper coin? I had a Barber quarter with a perfect gray coating like yours and after doing the baking soda on tinfoil method (maybe 2 dozen times) the gray material eventually came off revealing a beautiful silver coin.(mine wasn't a key date or anything special) However if the blisters are actually a form of pitting this would probably ruin the coin.