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1839 Bust Half Dollar Plain Edge Error

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Picked up this half dollar. Has no reeding or evidence of ever being reeded on the edge. The edge is pictured surrounding the coin in the pictures. Is this a fairly common error or unheard of. Any advice would help. Not sure what the value is. -Thanks!

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 Posted 09/09/2015  11:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MeadowviewCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Let's see what other community members have to say.


I'm leaning one way however I don't want to sway anyone's thinking since I'm not 100% sure.

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I think you have filed rims where the silver from the reeding was shaved off. In this case it is not an error coin it is a damaged coin. It has VF Details and would make a nice album coin
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See how there is a raised lip around the outermost part of the rim? That was caused by someone beating the edge of the coin with a hammer, spoon, etc. just PMD.
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Based on the appearance of the rim, it is obvious that the coin was struck in a collar. The US Mint did not use any half-dollar sized plain edge collars so it is impossible for it to have been minted without reeding. The most likely explanation was mentioned by BH1964, silver shaving was a somewhat profitable venture in the 1800s.
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I think it looks more like a "spooning" job that didn't get very far. The edge looks unusually broad. It isn't rounded like and out of collar strike and the diameter of the coin looks normal so I would discount the idea of a broadstrike.
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