Found first silver commemorative

[jim4silver]

Found a 1982 George Washington 250th anniversary silver half. I had never heard of these before.

Also got 3- Walkers, 1-Franklin and 12- 40%ers.

Good Brinks box for a change.

Jim

 

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[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

Nice finds Jim.

 

[Fredness]

Congrats - been at it for 6 months, I have a couple '55s, but no commemoratives or 70's yet.

 

[d2arcing]

very nice box

 

[Silver Stripe]

Congrats - been at it for 6 months, I have a couple '55s, but no commemoratives or 70's yet.

Now your just braggin bout the '55's. Congrats on the Washington Jim. HH Mark

 

[fistfulladirt]

Nice one! Box like that would make my day. I Have not seen a Walker in ages. ffd

 

[maine_Jim]

Nice find - how is the condition?

Maine_Jim

 

[jim4silver]

Thanks all for the comments!

I was lucky in my early days CRHing to have been able to find some nice AU 70D's, one really nice 55, silver bicentennials and some silver proofs, but never had a silver commemorative.

The George Washington I found has a beautiful mint luster and displays the "cartwheel effect", but does show some marks (light scratches) from the "coin rolling/counting process" I am guessing. Someone probably tore it out of the original mint packaging and ran it thru a counter at their bank.

I really want to find a Stone Mountain and Columbian Expo. Some of the very old state halves would be more incredible to me than any random barber, etc.


Jim

 

[silvercop]

 

[joad]

Nice...I found one last fall. Nice looking coin.

 

[Rich Hartford]

Jim,
Good box Congrats on the Geo.Washington. Great looking coin ! I got one out of a box a few months ago, unfortunately it was in rough shape.
Now get some more
HH
Rich

 

[timbobwey]

Cool find, never even seen one.

 

[mistergee]

nice finds Jim love the commemoratives...now if i could just find one.