Half dollar found yesterday .Could you grade it, and give an idea of worth

[RTR]

Out hunting around a old burnt down barn yesterday with my Teknetics Liberator i came across this. About 9"down MD was set in coin mode and sens set @ 6.The thing went CRAZZZZY I somewhat cleaned it up w/a water & baking soda paste mixture.

 

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[Carolina Tom]

https://www.thespruce.com/kennedy-half-dollar-values-3892409

Cleaning a coin decreases the value, luckily the coin is not rare.

It's a sweet find, and even came with a bezel! Congrats to you sir!

 

[xr7ator]

First, congratulations on finding a silver half! Second, the baking soda (and laying in the dirt for years...)ruined any numismatic value. BUT! third, it is just a very common Kennedy half.
Grading....I'd say "fine" but "improperly cleaned". Value= $5.94. https://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/coin_calculator.aspx

Now, go back out there and find a $10 gold coin mounted in a bezel!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find, congratulations!

 

[RTR]

Thoughts on removing the bezel,and how to remove...thanks.

 

[fishstick]

Thoughts on removing the bezel,and how to remove...thanks.

I myself wouldn't remove it, SO much more character the way it is.... CONGRATZ....

 

[Carolina Tom]

The knob at the top of the bezel should unscrew, allowing the coin to be removed.

I like the bezel myself.

 

[RTR]

First, congratulations on finding a silver half! Second, the baking soda (and laying in the dirt for years...)ruined any numismatic value. BUT! third, it is just a very common Kennedy half.
Grading....I'd say "fine" but "improperly cleaned". Value= $5.94. https://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/coin_calculator.aspx

Now, go back out there and find a $10 gold coin mounted in a bezel!

Yeah who knows what else is there.Found some junk iron stuff (unrecognizable) .Its an old tobacco barn.

 

[RTR]

While I'm at it.What is the silver content worth ? thanks.........

 

[xr7ator]

Keep digging up the iron just to get it outta the way as something good may be masked.

As stated in post #3, the malt value of the half is just under 6 bucks.

I agree, leave it in the bezel. You'll find more silver halves and I'd bet a $100 you'll never find another in a bezel.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Im with the rest. Because its in a Bezel, and was cleaned with Baking Soda, it will only be worth silver bullion value. That is about $16.00 as of now. It changes all the time. I also would not remove it from the Bezel if it were mine. I like to leave items the way that I found them, and I also believe it adds more character to the piece. Someone obviously wore it on a chain around their neck as opposed to finding a drop that came out of someones pocket. Just my own opinion.

 

[xr7ator]

The melt value of a silver half is NOT $16.00 unless someone is buying at that rate in which case I have a bunch of them to sell immediately.
Also, I have a mercury dime in a bezel that looks very similar to this bezel and it is a key chain.

 

[lairmo]

I wouldn't remove the bezel. Is it your first half? If so keep it the way it is and frame it with the next ones you find!!!!

 

[Honest Samuel]

Great find, keep searching.

 

[VERMONTIS]

Great find On the bezel. they call that leaveright. LEAVER RIGHT THERE !!!

 

[thrifty76now]

Leave it in the bezel. Actually many years ago I found by a clothline a silver dollar in a bezel.{Now this is not a late April fools joke) i REALLY did find a Lafayette 1900 dollar and it was in a nice silver bezel.That find shook me and my friends up for a long time,

 

[IDXMonster]

90% silver,1964 was the first year and only year of Kennedy’s that had that high a percentage. Others were 40% up til 1970 I believe...

 

[Evolution]

I think what TreazureHunter was trying to say was that silver is now at around $16.00 (Per ounce) in melt value. A silver half dollar is typically just a little under 90% silver content. A half dollar would contain less than half an ounce of actual silver. So the value quotes above that say $5.94 are accurate. (Keep in mind that nobody will pay you full bullion value if you're selling it because they have to have a profit margin to make money. If they paid you full bullion value, they wouldn't make money)

 

[RTR]

Because as a coin its worth next to nothing.I decided to really clean it up...And let ... 'the silver shine'

 

[RTR]

Different camera,better lighting.