1940 Walking Liberty Half Dollar worth anything?

unclesamster

I am new to coins and know very little. I just started looking through some coins from when I was a kid and there was also a coin I didn't recognize that we received as a wedding gift a few years ago from a family friend of my wife's family. She is a widow, whos husband was an avid coin collector. One thing I do know is that you're not supposed to clean coins. Could this coin really be that clean, or has it been cleaned before. I really don't care if it is worthless because the sentimental value outweighs whatever the value of the coin. It's just fun to know. I'm too dumb to know how to upload pictures or videos, so I'll just upload a video to YouTube and put a link to a video of me moving the coin around in the light. Sorry if it's a slow crappy video, I don't really know what kind of details anyone would be looking for. I filmed it in max quality on my iPhone, so check your video quality settings on YouTube if it's not super clear.

Thanks!

https://youtu.be/Enhn42ukG-Y

airplanenut

It’s a business strike (looks lightly circulated to me) and it’s been cleaned or polished. Since it’s damaged and not otherwise rare, but also not worn flat, I’d bet it’s worth a bit over melt. If melt is around $10 I’d bet this is a $20 coin, plus or minus a few bucks.

unclesamster

I didn't realize it would imbed the video right into my post automatically. That's pretty nifty.

yosclimber

Looks like it might be a 1940 proof.
If that's true, the grade might be PR-65 or so.
If that's true, the retail value would be around $500.
https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/walking-liberty-half-dollar/733/most-active (look near the bottom of the page)

For reference / comparison photos, see:
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1940-50c/images/6640

Also possible it's a polished non-proof coin.

If you were selling, in that value range, it would be wise to have it authenticated / graded / slabbed.
This could cost around $50.
It would be wise to have someone who knows proof coins to
examine it in hand first, so you could avoid spending $50 if it is really just a polished coin.

ifthevamzarockin

Welcome to the forum!

That's great you got a video to work, that's quite the accomplishment from a new member.
If you could do a couple of still photos and take it out of the case you may get better responses.

I'm thinking it may be polished.

ThreeCentSilverFL

I also believe from the video that’s it’s a polished business strike. Rims and strike don’t appear right for the proof.

ricko

@unclesamster ... Welcome aboard. Good video, however, for proper evaluation, straight on pictures (obverse and reverse) will be necessary. Cheers, RickO

unclesamster

Thank you everyone for your warm welcomes and very helpful input. It actually makes it easier to keep and enjoy it for what it is since it's probably not worth a lot of money haha. It would always be a little more tempting to sell, not that it would even be an option, and I'd be more worried about taking care of it if it was valuable.