New Members 1832 Capped Half Dollar

[surprman]

New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

All,


I am new to this forum - not having much luck posting. Had a good deal of luck yesterday in the field though! Will elaborate once I see the pictures of my find have posted correctly (just wasted 45 minutes writing the whole tale and lost it with an accidental push of the back button - note to self - don't do that again). This coin was found in a local park on a old road (accoring to an old map of the area). I went back toady and got a 1946D Quarter within 15 feet of the half dollar location. (My first silver quarter with the metal detector - I have only ben doing this for about a year now). Any other day, I would have been pretty excited about the quarter, but after yesterday it is acually a bit of a let down. Thanks for looking!

 

[allen]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

absolutely awesome find...way to go and welcome aboard

 

[SilverDreams]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Amazing find!

 

[mamabear]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Wow, that is beautiful! welcome

 

[halfdime]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

A beauty! I was surprised, when I found an 1831 model, that they're bigger than the more modern halves. Great find!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Stellar find!!! And a Hearty Welcome to Tnet!

P.S.--I always right click and hit "copy" before I hit "post"--just in case.


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[dennisdunigan]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Right On!! Way to go
Welcome!!

 

[surprman]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Halfdime - funny - I have a few walker half dollars (not found with metal detector) and after your post I compared the sizes. You are right the capped half is bigger! Also, even thought the edge of the coin is pretty ragged, I can make out most of the edge lettering. When I first looked at it under a magnifing glass I realized that instead of saying "50 CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR" it says "50 CENTS ORLF A DOLLAR". I later found that this was a common mint errror on these coins - due to the tooling used fo rth eedge lettering. No added value due to error - but cool to see anyway!

 

[Evolution]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Beautiful find and welcome to the forum. That coin has some great detail left.

 

[CladMaster]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Beautiful coin. That is a find of a lifetime. Congratulations.HH!

 

[Detectingfreak]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Nice job on the old half dollar!

 

[camb1]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

That is one great find you have there. WTG and Welcome

 

[Green1]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

holy smokes dude !!! killer coin !!

 

[silverfinder37]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

That is awsome, I loveeeeeeeeeeee big silver.
Grads on it and your future finds.
Welcome to the tnet alot of fine folks on here.
B. R. Ray

 

[texan connection]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

When you get to the capped series (as Iv read) they were discountiued cause ther silver value was more than the coins value so folks were melting them down. Another reason thier value starts going up at that point especially the very clean ones.
I think I'd have a uncontrolable bowl movment if i found that coin.
very cool find

 

[Merf]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

A super find :thumbsup - welcome

 

[Evolution]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Boy, this coin hasn't gotten nearly enough recognition in my mind. I'm gonna bump it back to the top.

 

[dgaughan]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

sweet find congrats and hh

 

[Argentium]

Re: New Member's 1832 Capped Half Dollar

Man that is one beautiful coin . Dream come true and i'm thinkin banner material. Outrageous find !

Keep up the good work ! Gregory, Santa Fe.