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Very nice!  I just had an idea. This would be a good choice for the 2nd spot (last open Commemorative Half Dollar hole) in my 7070, between my 1893 Columbus and the two George Washington Commemorative Half Dollars. Two Columbus, two Washington. Hmmm. |
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Pull the trigger on that idea jbuck, you know you want too.
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Nice coin! I've always thought that this one had strong, nicely executed designs on the obverse AND reverse - something that I don't say about all of the modern half dollars.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Pull the trigger on that idea jbuck, you know you want too. The best I can do right now is add it to my "idea list" and wait for the next coin show. This I have done.  |
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The best I can do right now is add it to my "idea list" and wait for the next coin show. This I have done. Does this mean you blew the allowance on that lot of Ikes that was posted?  I do like your choices for those slots in the 7070. I went all modern with mine. Washington, WWII, Civil War and shockingly baseball. Part of me wishes they would have done classic commems for that slot and had a modern section for slots on the next page. |
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No, it just means that I only buy coins at coin show (at least for now). I like to have a coin in hand and see it with my own eyes. It is how I roll. I bought the two Washington Half Dollars from the mint in 1982. I figured as long as I was cracking proof sets, I should crack them out as well. |
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My new goal is to get you to buy your first ebay coin Do you happen to remember what the price of the halfs were in 82? Edited by basebal21
11/05/2012 6:42 pm
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Do you happen to remember what the price of the halfs were in 82? Pre-Issue Price: Proof - $10.50; Unc - $8.50 Regular Price: Proof - $12.00; Unc - $10.00 Quote:
...wonder why they still make them clad... Part of the reason was to enable the Mint to offer a lower cost/more affordable option for collectors on limited budgets. The sporadic request for the half-dollar by sponsoring agencies has diminished the value of this approach, however. The silver and gold coins carry higher surcharges for the coin sponsors, making the half-dollar a less attractive fundraising option. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Good luck with that. Give it time ill wear you down Thanks for the prices commems. Interesting how the price hasnt changed much over the years |
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It would have to be the deal of the century millennium.  |
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I'm just starting this series, it seems like it pretty affordable to pick up great examples, in fact, my Columbus is on it's way. Great looking coin.
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The thing I don't like about half dollars is they tend to look cheaper, design-wise than their dollar counterparts. There are some downright beautiful classic half dollars, why then are the modern ones so typically awful. for my money, the most attractive modern half is the Statue of Liberty- I love the high relief reverse. The most unfortunate one, to my taste? the 2011 Army half.
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and the Army 1/2 will be a key coin of the 1/2 series my LCS want to sell me his for $85 raw I passed and took the Coloumbus one dollar BU for a tad more than an ASE |
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There are several modern series half-dollar designs/coins that I believe stack up incredibly well against those of the classic series. The 1982 George Washington 250th Anniversary (of GW's birth) by Elizabeth Jones is one. The 1986 Statue of Liberty, 1992 Columbus Quincentenary and 1995 Civil War Battlefields are a few others. I would put just about all of the modern half-dollar designs ahead of the Carver-Washington half-dollar of the classic series - the map of the US on that one is so poorly done that I cringe a bit every time I see it.
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Posted 11/05/2012 3:40 pm
