1892-S Barber Half Dollar. key date .

[Roger Mn.]

I went detecting at Quarry Hill park today and found this 1892-S Barber Half and the 1947-D Roosevelt Dime.
I was having a little trouble digging the sod out. There was a rock about 2 inches down and I jam ed the digging tool in on an angle and hit the coin. Who would have guessed it would be a key date. I got an older coin book and it says $250. in G-4.
Any Ideas as to how much it's worth now. roger

 

[pat (chicago)]

nice find...

PCGS online says 265.

 

[RJH02]

Nice find, sorry about the scratch.

 

[Roger Mn.]

Nice find, sorry about the scratch.

Me to.

 

[soupie]

Nice
HH Soup

 

[Roger Mn.]

Re: nice find...

PCGS online says 265.

Thanks Pat .

 

[Tenspeed]

Ouch!! As hard as the dirt was where I was hunting I was scared I ws going to do the same thing!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Don't worry too much about the scratch Rodger,
it's now part of it's history.

 

[MPFISH]

ROGER you rock---i say BANNER !!!!!!!!

 

[fistfulladirt]

Congrats on that key date Barber. Not sure of value now, but heaven forbid whatever you do, don't CLEAN it! Oh, the horror of a cleaned coin! (Personally, I could not care less if I clean a coin or not, even a key date, because it's my coin for as long as I live).

 

[colorado14ers]

awesome dime!!!! Awesome half!!!! i would be very happy with that find!!!

 

[KRAZYHORSES]

awesome!! those barber 1/2s are fun to dig nice hunt! krazyhorses

 

[SEANO]

Scratch one of those anytime, if it helped me fine one. Nice! I love Barber Half's.

 

[Roger Mn.]

Thanks for the replies and dig a big plug so you don't damage you finds.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Join the Club!
We are more than a few, almost all of us have scratched a coin or three.
But only the few, the shameless, and the haunted, can lay claim to killing a key date.
Decades from now, you may laugh.
Big hunk of silver though, ya gotta admit.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Join the Club!
We are more than a few, almost all of us have scratched a coin or three.
But only the select, the shameless, and the haunted, can lay claim to killing a key date.
Decades from now, you may laugh.
Big hunk of silver though, ya gotta admit.

 

[Roger Mn.]

Join the Club!
We are more than a few, almost all of us have scratched a coin or three.
But only the select, the shameless, and the haunted, can lay claim to killing a key date.
Decades from now, you may laugh.
Big hunk of silver though, ya gotta admit.

Gee, all the pain has gone away now. Some how I fell better.
When I started detecting years ago I use to probe for my coins sometimes with my hunting knife. I was lucky that I didn't find coins with a lot of value. That was a nice 14-d you found. Maybe the scratch could be buffed out.

 

[pepperj]

Nice silvers
I've done a few in also, slaughtered this once fine coin.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Congrats on the Key. Nice to find something with some value once in a while.

2010 red book 225

 

[m bryan]

Awesome find!