1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar - Coin Community Forum

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GerwynT New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/04/2010 10:45 pm Sorry about the poor quality photos, it was the best my camera could manage. Just a couple things I wanted to make clear, any straight lines are in the plastic of the ziplock, not the coin itself, and the back is much clearer than I could manage to photograph. Anyway, I wanted to get some sort of rough idea of what the coin is worth. If necessary, I'll take another photo with another camera. Just so that you know all the lettering is very legible. I'm pretty sure it's never been cleaned, as it has some sort of dirt or tarnish underneath the liberty bell and on the letter M in America. The bone structure on both presidents are clearly visible. The tiny decorations on the bell is visible under a magnifying glass. Please, give me an idea of what this worth, I'm not an expert at grading coins. Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff

GerwynT New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/04/2010 10:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 08/05/2010 01:09 am Your coin appears to grade at least AU(almost uncirculated) but it is possible that it is uncirculated, you may want to take the coin out of the bag and take the pictures again. An AU coin would be worth about $75 while a low end uncirculated coin would be worth about $100. Whatever you do, DO NOT clean it as that will damage it and reduce the value. Report this Post to the Staff
GerwynT New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/05/2010 06:48 am I got out my mom's camera this time, it has super macro on it. I feel these pictures are more representative of the condition of the coin. Thanks for the suggestion, it helped. I still haven't been able to get a perfect picture that shows all the detail that is present on the coin, but I feel better about these. In case you were wondering how I got my hands on the coin, my grandfather gave me his coin collection a few days ago. Thanks, Pop-Pop! He says he received the coin with various other change in 1957 when he went to a bank in Germantown, Philadelphia during his lunch break. He knew that the coin was rare even then, so he stored it away all this time hoping it would raise in value. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 08/05/2010 11:15 am Ok, the new pics help but it is definitely not uncirculated. I would grade it in the EF(Extremely Fine) to AU range so that would put the value around $60-75. A number of the higher mintage classic commems(1892-1954) did end up in circulation unlike modern commemoratives(1982-present) so it is not surprising that this coin was found in circulation. As you may have noticed, the Liberty Bell reverse is similar to the reverse of the Franklin half dollar that was circulating in 1957 so it may not have been noticed as being different with only a casual glance. For more information on this commem, visit http://www.coincommunity.com/commem...f_dollar.asp Edited by biokemist6 08/05/2010 11:22 am Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15392 Posts	Posted 08/05/2010 8:46 pm Welcome to the forum GerwynT. That's a great story about grand-pa handing the coin down from 1957 ..... and in that regard it's family value surely outweighs any possible numismatic value. I agree with biokemist on the assessment ..... this is a circulated example (call it AU-50) of the very weakly struck 1926 Sesqui Half ...... you won't retire on it but certainly a keeper. I see this coin in this grade sell regularly on E-Pray in the $50 to $70 range. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
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