1925 Fort Vancouver Half Dollar

That's a nice piece for a 64 Bill.

The coin is too white and too bright. Coins from this era were usually stored in envelopes (often brown colored envelops when it was done correctly) which imparted some sort of toning on them. Sometimes it was cloudy and unattractive. At other times it was nice, and in a few instances spectacular. Some of the "spectacular" coins, that bring huge premiums, have been "helped" in my opinion, but since those coins are of little interest to me at the prices they usually bring, I'll leave it at that.

The coin also has a spot in the middle of the "O" in "OF" which developed after I bought I bought the piece. Since that was over ten years ago, and the spot has not grown, I am thanking my lucky stars that it appears to be dormant.

Most all of old silver commemoratives in my type set have been dipped. I bought them that way at the time, because seemed to be the market norm. Since then tastes have changed, although the worst change as been dormancy of the old commemorative coin market. Even though I bought a lot of these coins on a wholesale level, I'd lose my shirt one them if I sold them today.