Please Educate Me !

Wait. Did you say you have a 1928 dollar? For the love of God, please scan BOTH sides of it. If there is no mintmark on the back............

The 1944-D half dollar is worth its silver weight only (approximately $6.30) and you might as well spend the dateless Buffalo nickel as you would a Jefferson nickel in your pocket. The same is likely true for the 1963 and especially the 1964 half unless they are in incredible shape.... silver value of about $6.30 most likely.

I will duck now as the cull Buff fans have their seizures.

Personally, my favorite American coin series is the Liberty Walking half dollar series (that's your 1944-D half dollar), but they are very, very common in that date.

jimbucks beat me to it on the 1923 date looking like 1928 on the Peace dollar at a casual glance. Even those of us who purposefully collect Peace dollars have to look twice!

Dang! It's a 1928S, and not a 1928 (notice the little "S" letter on the back of the coin at about the 8 o'clock position) In that grade, that's the difference between $35 (at the most) and $350, and your coin is the $35 one (at the most).

BUT at least the 1928S has numismatic value over the melt value (the intrinsic value of the silver metal in the coin).

It is looking like you have discovered a small hoard of very common, moderate-grade coins. You could certainly sell them for the metal and collector value, or you might want to keep them and make them the nucleus of a collection. I mean, these coins are all coming from the same era (the 1916-1930 period is often considered the "golden age" of coin designs). Of course the exceptions are the 1963 Franklin and 1964 JFK halves, which, I am sorry to say, are as common as just about any silver coins out there.

Oh my , I'm not sure I'm fit enough for coin collecting. Just that little 1928 drama got my heart into overdrive,lol

I'll scan the rest tomm. I need some sleep before the little ones arise.

I really don't want to part with his possessions that much but that $350 sure would have helped with the car repairs. Maybe I can scratch off that mark [ kidding ]


If there's no surprises in the bunch , a local shop might offer $20 or so for each dollar piece generally ? I don't think I could part with them all though.


Thank you all very much for your help.

what a coin shop will give you for these, depends on condition.

For example the 1880 you posted is lower grade and has a scratch on the face of Liberty, you may only get $15.00
for that one. From what you have posted so far, I think
at a local coin shop you would get $15 to $18 each.

The half dollars, depending on the shop, $5.00 to $5.50 each.

When I first posted I mentioned the 1880, 1921 and 1928.
If you have other 1880 dated coins, check for a CC mint mark
on the reverse above the letters "DO" in the word dollar.

In 1921 the mint made both a Morgan and Peace dollar. Morgan's look like the 1880 you posted, the Peace look like the 1928. So if you have a 1921 Peace dollar it have more than the silver value.

one of those morgans looked like it might be unc in the pics posted at first, need a scan to see the real condition