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muddler Pillar of the Community United States 7192 Posts	Posted 08/13/2011 4:10 pm 1936 Delaware half, your thoughts. Report this Post to the Staff

nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15441 Posts	Posted 08/13/2011 8:56 pm Ooooohhh ... very nice. These are almost always found 'tab-toned' with a ring of periphery toning that I personally find to be a distraction. Not so this lovely example. Difficult to judge the luster from the photos ... hence impossible for me to gauge any circulation rub ... but the pristine fields and minimal bag hints suggest high MS ... I'm going with MS65. Interesting that today we seem to have lost the fact that this coin is officially known as the "Founding of Swedish Delaware Tercentenary Half". I have paid a visit to the Old Swedes Church in Wilmington Delaware that is depicted on what we now call the obverse of this coin. Dedicated in 1699 it is still standing and said to be the oldest Protestant church in the USA still in use. There is some controversy regarding obverse versus reverse for this issue. The Delaware Swedish Tercentenary Commission ... led by chairman C.L. Ward, considered the ship side (image of Kalmar Nyckel) to be the obverse and stated such in all correspondence to the Commission of Fine Arts. Mint records state the church side is the obverse ... most numismatists of today agree with the mint view ... and my PCGS example is slabbed that way as well. Excellent coin muddler ... Thanks for sharing! David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Edited by nickelsearcher 08/13/2011 9:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188660 Posts	Posted 08/15/2011 10:43 am Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
GTALLEN Valued Member United States 315 Posts	Posted 08/15/2011 4:34 pm Thank you for the great picture of the coin. I learn something new here everyday. Report this Post to the Staff
ilikeikes Pillar of the Community United States 1205 Posts	Posted 09/26/2011 7:23 pm Nice pic..thank you for posting! Report this Post to the Staff
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