Set Of 10 Shiny Silver Half Dollars ... Gag

My gut (and the Gimp) tells me you have a pleasant surprise coming.

I actually bought the same exact set a few months ago when silver was over $40/ounce. I think I paid around $119 for it, thinking that it was a decent deal at $12 per coin since melt value was around $14-15 at the time.

Well, first of all, the box was very nice and every coin was in its own plastic capsule. As for the coins themselves, the newer ones were in terrific shape and the older ones were about what you'd expect. Nothing horrible, but nothing really exciting, either. Since I really liked the display case, I ended up swapping out some of the earlier coins with better examples from my collection. This was before I started working on my 7070 Type Album, btw, so up until that point I didn't really have any way to display my coins.

Anyway, I certainly don't regret getting it, although I wish I could have gotten it for $89! In general, I agree that these sets were made for suckers, but that was back when silver was at $4/ounce. Many years ago I got a "Vanishing Classic" set from one of the ersatz "mints" for something like $4.99 and it included horribly worn examples of a Barber Half, Quarter and Dime. At the time, I was disappointed, since the coins were really, really worn, almost to the point of being unrecognizable. I did end up getting the last laugh, however, since about the same time I bought my "America's Great Silver Half Dollar Collection" on ebay I also broke out the three Barber coins from that earlier set and sold them as a lot of "junk silver" for $32.

Yeah, at the price this is a no-brainer even if they're polished. All I did was pull the Levels down to correct the serious overexposure, and found good reason to believe the older 3 still have original color. Not conclusive, but encouraging. If they're original, you got the set for the value of the Bustie alone.

the 1982 washington commemorative is 90%,not 40 %
Fantastic Deal!

I did the same thing, Dave, and I think I see a gown line on the bust half. I think this might turn out to be a "good git".

Yes, the Washington commem is 90%. The set pictured (from elsewhere) has a cupro-nickel clad liberty commemorative halfwhich is substituted in my set for a 1968 40% Kennedy. That set had 9 of 10 silver while the set I bought has all 10 silver half dollars ... though the 68 Kennedy and the Bicentennial Kennedy are both 40% silver clad coins.

I'll take a picture of the group sans box when they arrive. My Mrs has a bunch of colored pencils....and I told here if the pencils fit in it, she can have it. I'll be selling my 7070, and it's gonna have coins in it. From where things stand right now, these coins, or at least some of these coins, will likely be placed in the Dansco album after my type set has vacated it.

Chance

Quickee pics....

Chance

I'm contemplating leaving these in my 7070 when I sell it. I'm swicthing over to a stackable tray type storage with each coin individually encapsulated.

Chance