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Alon New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 05/22/2010 08:32 am Report this Post to the Staff

Alon New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 05/22/2010 08:38 am I recently noticed the edge on this half is different than what it says in the RedBook. I'm a metal detectorist, not a numismatist and would appreciate any help you all could provide. The edge appears to read "FIFTY CENTS OHALF A DOLLAR" How does this affect the coins value? Report this Post to the Staff
zeewool Pillar of the Community 3660 Posts	Posted 05/22/2010 09:31 am Yes, that would place the coin in the error category, but the added value of such an error should be minimal. The CBH variety book by Overton lists about five dozen different edge lettering variations and there must be countless others. They are not uncommon by any means, but if your intentions are to sell, I would recommend playing up this error in spelling. Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 05/24/2010 06:50 am then only ones (that I am aware of) that had a real premium are those with the edge lettering: 1) missing; 2) doubled, that is put on twice. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/25/2010 11:08 am Value really depends on how much overlap there is of the two halves of the legend. Two or three letters is not that uncommon and doesn't really raise the value but you start getting four, five, six letters or more of overlap and the value starts going up. What you have is just a one letter overlap. Report this Post to the Staff
christophercoin Valued Member United States 56 Posts	Posted 05/27/2010 7:47 pm as I am a wanna-be metel detcetor, may I ask how and around what type of place you found this coin? ie. field, old house's yard? or something? Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 05/28/2010 11:21 am who mentioned metal detecting? Or am I really missing something? Report this Post to the Staff
j_h_s Pillar of the Community United States 1934 Posts	Posted 05/29/2010 08:03 am alon mentioned he/she's a metal detectorist, not a numismatist -- that sequed into an assumption that this coin may have been found while detecting. Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 06/08/2010 09:36 am oh, thanks, I missed that.... and I detect, and I missed the comment. Report this Post to the Staff
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