Nice fairly graded coin. I like the look. Congrats.
Numismatic author & owner of the Uncommon Cents collections. 2011 Fred Bowman award winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson award winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca award winner.
For a minute there I thought you cherrypicked an 1872-H A/V! Not the case when I looked at it more closely, but wouldn't that have been something! A very nice coin, as is the 1919 Twenty-Five Cents.
Edited to add - looks like the S in CENTS is recut.
I was bored and surfing eBay when I came across this well-worn 1950 Partial Design fifty cents. I don't know what possessed me but I threw up a bid and promptly forgot about it. I don't know why I do these things! Anyhow, it's not a bad coin considering the advanced wear. If only Dansco made Canadian albums for fifty-cent pieces.
No such luck... I suspect you are one of the last collectors that needs to be told how tough that just about all Canadian Halves are from this era are to find. This was worth buying and submitting- it graded 45... which was my expectation. The quarter is common but I liked the surfaces- it graded 62 and missed the top of my range. It is good enough...
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Picked this one up recently. The photos were taken through the ICCS plastic flip. 1881-H Canada cent in MS-64 Red (would be RB at our hosts). ICCS did not specify a variety on this one, but it is Doubled Die Obverse.
Numismatic author & owner of the Uncommon Cents collections. 2011 Fred Bowman award winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson award winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca award winner.
No such luck... I suspect you are one of the last collectors that needs to be told how tough that just about all Canadian Halves are from this era are to find. This was worth buying and submitting- it graded 45... which was my expectation. The quarter is common but I liked the surfaces- it graded 62 and missed the top of my range. It is good enough...
Man, don't you know it! That's a great find. 1872-H one of the supposedly "easy" dates in the Victorian series which, with 80,000 minted, kind of blows my mind. The entire series mintage is only 1,533,036 for the 13 date/mintmark run!
Problem-free Victorian-era Newfoundland halves are scarce along the same lines - 951,607 for the entire 16-date/mintmark run.
Of course the population of Canada and Newfoundland was a fraction of what it is now, so they didn't need that many coins, but still...
The mintages are wrong. The 1872-H fifty cents mintage is 400,000. Dominion Decimals, page 73-74. Total Victorian fifty cents mintage is 1.89 million for 13 dates.
All proceeds to the RCNA. I donated the book to them.
Numismatic author & owner of the Uncommon Cents collections. 2011 Fred Bowman award winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson award winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca award winner.
@bosox said:
The mintages are wrong. The 1872-H fifty cents mintage is 400,000. Dominion Decimals, page 73-74. Total Victorian fifty cents mintage is 1.89 million for 13 dates.
All proceeds to the RCNA. I donated the book to them.
Thanks for the correction and the link to the book. My source is the 2021 Charlton guide, which also omitted the mintage for the 1890-H. Looks like it's time to update my reference material.
Here's my 1872-H. The photo is not impressive compared to the actual coin.
@bosox said:
Nice fairly graded coin. I like the look. Congrats.
Thanks for your take on the grade, I appreciate it. PCGS has a tendency to be overly generous with their grading on Newfoundland halves and I value your opinion.
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Nice fairly graded coin. I like the look. Congrats.
http://www.victoriancent.com
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I can't recall if this was shared or not... still worth a look.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
For a minute there I thought you cherrypicked an 1872-H A/V! Not the case when I looked at it more closely, but wouldn't that have been something! A very nice coin, as is the 1919 Twenty-Five Cents.
Edited to add - looks like the S in CENTS is recut.
I was bored and surfing eBay when I came across this well-worn 1950 Partial Design fifty cents. I don't know what possessed me but I threw up a bid and promptly forgot about it. I don't know why I do these things! Anyhow, it's not a bad coin considering the advanced wear. If only Dansco made Canadian albums for fifty-cent pieces.
Seller's photos - I grade it VF.
@GotTheBug
No such luck... I suspect you are one of the last collectors that needs to be told how tough that just about all Canadian Halves are from this era are to find. This was worth buying and submitting- it graded 45... which was my expectation. The quarter is common but I liked the surfaces- it graded 62 and missed the top of my range. It is good enough...
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Picked this one up recently. The photos were taken through the ICCS plastic flip. 1881-H Canada cent in MS-64 Red (would be RB at our hosts). ICCS did not specify a variety on this one, but it is Doubled Die Obverse.
http://www.victoriancent.com
I like the DDR- can't say I have looked for it in the past. Well played finding one
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
As you know, we both like all the repunches on the '81's. Nice coin, Rob.
Man, don't you know it! That's a great find. 1872-H one of the supposedly "easy" dates in the Victorian series which, with 80,000 minted, kind of blows my mind. The entire series mintage is only 1,533,036 for the 13 date/mintmark run!
Problem-free Victorian-era Newfoundland halves are scarce along the same lines - 951,607 for the entire 16-date/mintmark run.
Of course the population of Canada and Newfoundland was a fraction of what it is now, so they didn't need that many coins, but still...
And it is about finding just a reasonable example within the surviving population…
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
The mintages are wrong. The 1872-H fifty cents mintage is 400,000. Dominion Decimals, page 73-74. Total Victorian fifty cents mintage is 1.89 million for 13 dates.
Dominion Decimals is available here: https://rcna.ca/book/index.php
All proceeds to the RCNA. I donated the book to them.
http://www.victoriancent.com
Thanks for the correction and the link to the book. My source is the 2021 Charlton guide, which also omitted the mintage for the 1890-H. Looks like it's time to update my reference material.
Here's my 1872-H. The photo is not impressive compared to the actual coin.
Does anyone have a set of proof loons they no longer want or would like to sell?
Thanks for your take on the grade, I appreciate it. PCGS has a tendency to be overly generous with their grading on Newfoundland halves and I value your opinion.