Maine Centennial Half Dollar

[staninbji]

I found this at a park in Bangor, Maine that used to have a school on it. It was down about 8" and back under a tree root. There were only 50,028 minted in 1920. 28 of those were for the treasury department and were later destroyed. Thanks for looking and HH!

 

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[Brendan75]

Hi, great find. Congrats

 

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[staninbji]

That’s dug?!
what did you clean it?

No cleaning needed, came out of the ground looking like it was lost yesterday!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Now that's the type of Half Dollar to find ! Great job.

 

[Silvermonkey]

That is a very unique find! I didn't even know that they existed...and a nice hunk of silver to boot... Congrats staninbji!!!
Cheers from Mass.

 

[xcopperstax]

Very nice coin. Sounds like it's pretty rare too! Congrats!

 

[Clad2Silver]

I found this at a park in Bangor, Maine that used to have a school on it. It was down about 8" and back under a tree root. There were only 50,028 minted in 1920. 28 of those were for the treasury department and were later destroyed. Thanks for looking and HH!View attachment 1731388View attachment 1731389

These pics are from a couple of my reference books and give a bit of info about your BEAUTIFUL Maine half dollar

 

[Megalodon]

What a great find!

I've seen them at coin shows and in the Red Book, of course, but to dig one is unheard of (literally, because I have not heard of one being dug until this one).

 

[Discrimination Dave]

No cleaning needed, came out of the ground looking like it was lost yesterday!

Silver?
hilarious

 

[Esotericvalue]

Former sight of Dow Lane Elementary School?

 

[malenkai]

Nice one! I'd love to find a silver commemorative someday. BTW, I don't live near Maine, but spent a few days in Bangor a few years ago, and may have detected the park you are referring to. Found a couple of mercs and a copper but nothing that sweet.

 

[staninbji]

Silver?
hilarious

Hilarious? You've got a strange sense of humor. Most of the silver coinage that I've found is shiny and bright. Maybe one out of four has some form of tarnish on it.

 

[staninbji]

Former sight of Dow Lane Elementary School?

I think the plaque says "Sister of Mercy school, 1865". It's called Williams park on the map.