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This coin was found with a small group of seven other half dollars the latest dated 1831, along with a Spanish Colonial four reales. This was the earliest of the bunch. Do you think it deserves a "details" grade were it to be submitted to a TPG?   |
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United States
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I would , great find. love that sharp date.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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 send it in! Amazing finds!! |
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United States
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Yes it would most likely get a details grade. Are the hairlines that I see in the photos very prominent on the coin in hand? If so then it was most likely cleaned a long time ago. Either way, send it in, they will most likely say that it has corrosion. That is one heck of a find though. BTW, this has the large 3 variety.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is an incredible find.  What kind of shape were the others in? |
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United States
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Would love to see pictures of all the coins. Did you find them?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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details or not, it is a fabulous find, congrats@!
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Any update on the coin. Would love to know just how well you did.
thanks for the picture.
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The OP never responded, or commented, beyond his original posting about sending it in or not.
Anyway, that doesn't look like any of the "dug up" coins I've ever seen or handled. I've seen em come out of Grandpas cigar box looking like that, but NEVER out of the ground.
If I was grading it, I'd give it a problem-free VF35. Nice coin no matter it's origins.
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Canada
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Westernsky, thanks for the heads up. I have a metal detector but not a lot of time to go digging as yet. So far I've cleaned up the beach near home of several beer bottle caps.
Reading about these finds are a great motivatior.
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Liverpool
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United States
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That looks like a typical dug silver, hundreds of hairline scratches from soil movement over many years. I've dug close to 200 silver coins, some come out looking wonderful, others, not so great. Congrats digger on that large piece of coin history!
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That is one amazing find! |
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United States
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Thats one heck of a sweet find you got yourself there, Not to mention the others you found along with it...congrats... more pics please!
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When questioned whether I submitted this half to a TPG, No. I would only need to do so when it might be up for sale, and if it could not be sold to a buyer in person. Due to recovery issues I was wondering if it would be body-bagged. To tell the truth I collected coins for half a century and have only one coin, a New Jersey, attributed by Walter Breen, back in the early 1980s, the closest to a TPG, but done before plastic tombstones (slabs) came into use. Apparently I haven't sold any decent coins since TPGs have been popular. Since I collect colonials, EAC grades, not TPG opinions seem to count, and since they are colonials, difficult to distinguish MS grades do not come into the picture. |
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