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Good morning community. I am still learning as I embark on this hobby which I am absolutely in love with thus far, so be kind to me :) I just bought a 1945 Standing Liberty Half Dollar off of ebay. The coin is rough and I had planned on giving it to my 11 year old son to surge his interest in collecting with me. I decided to get curious with the coin, and got my scale and calipers. The Red Book states the weight is 12.5g and diameter is 30.6mm. When I weighed the coin my scale says it weighs 12.44g and measures 30.1mm. I only paid $10 for the coin and with a mint of 31.5 million, I don't think it has a high market for fakes, my question is what kind of variation can I expect to see as I continue to collect on weight and diameter differences? In circulated coins, I would assume a coin looses one or both as it is handled over the years..but at what kind of weight loss or diameter loss should red flags start to get raised? *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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United States
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I'm not too familiar with Walking Liberty halves,but I can see where a difference of .06g could be from wear and 1/2 mm could be from the reeding on the edge being worn. Aside from the red mark between "LI" in LIBERTY on the obverse,I think you did fine for $10. |
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 You probably have a real coin. You might want to check a local coin shop to buy rough silver coins near melt value while silver is down. A 50c piece has about $7.50 in silver so you could get one for not too much more. it would sure save paying for shipping. OOPS, I just saw you got free shipping. I still think you can do better at a LCS. Edited by numismo
07/25/2013 09:30 am
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United States
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I do believe the weight and size loss is to be expected for a coin thats seen a lot of circulation such as this one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I with the others, the weight is within tolerance and a well circulated coin could easily have the reeding mashed down enough to account for the diameter. It is almost certainly real.
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Thanks for the reply everyone. Yeah the red mark is definitely heartbreaking, but like I said I bought it for my son to get started. All my LCS have huge markups so alot of times what I find on ebay is usually cheaper. They do have some bulk morgans, peace, and Barber quarters just a bit over melt but no liberty halves. What kind of variation can I expect to see as I continue collecting? I just bought a morgan off ebay, the weight is off by nearly half a gram, diameter is fine. |
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I agree with Conder as well as this being an incredibly common date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Ten dollars isn't bad. I think it is real. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The coin looks fine to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As the others have stated, the coin sounds genuine, just a bit worn.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Indeed, I see nothing unusual about this walker either. :-)
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Genuine, worn, and a tad overpriced. I could buy walkers like this all day long at $8.
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United States
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Looks like a common date / average condition Walking half to me.
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Posted 07/25/2013 08:55 am
