Although it appears to have had an old cleaning, it looks like a nice old VF-30 Half Dollar! With the "O" Mintmark almost touching the Olive branch, it may be one of the rarer Varieties. I am sure that some of the Half Dollar Collectors will come along and pass on any information they may have on the coin.
Ruben,
That's actually quite a nice seated half.I have several in Good-Fine-ish condition and yours is nicer than any of them.In better grades,they get to be more expensive than I'm willing to pay since U.S. coins are not really my main interest.
I chaecked Breen, and he does list a number of good varieties for the date, including a heavy date, thin numerals, and doubled date (very rare).
However, he does not list a mintmark variety.
But, we all know that Breen is often wrong.
I love this coin. I didn't think I would when I brought it, but now living with it for a few days I'm coming to aprecreate it.
I don't think it was ever dipped. The lettering doesn't seem to have the pattern that a dipped coin has and the toning is consistant with a coin that has been traded.
I agree with huntsman that that coin has an old cleaning. The very "clean" fiels of the reverse especially above the eagle are the most suspicious to me.
Now as far as that being a bad thing? I wouldn't worry too much about it. It is still a great coin (and an "O" mint at that!) . I myself have several "old cleaned" coins and l like them just fine.
I agree with huntsman that that coin has an old cleaning. The very "clean" fiels of the reverse especially above the eagle are the most suspicious to me.
Now as far as that being a bad thing? I wouldn't worry too much about it. It is still a great coin (and an "O" mint at that!) . I myself have several "old cleaned" coins and l like them just fine.
Looking at the coin, and also reviewing it with a deal who I trust, I strongly doubt that this coin was dipped. The toning is uniform and loooks as it should. When the coin is dipped, you almost always see some spotting near the letters.
Many cleaned coins are darker near the legends than in the center, exactly like yours. Looks about net VF-20 to me.
And so are many non-dipped coins like this one which I'm 100% certain has never been dipped since it is owned by a relative until I got it and SHE souldn't dip a ladle into chicken soup.
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