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Post a Proof US Half Dollar!
Eldorado9
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That Half dollar thread got me thinking....so how about a slight modification. Proof Halves Only. I want to see some serious hardware...Don't be shy, lets see those amazing proofs.
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No!
I don't have any - proofs, that is.
@Eldorado9 , that Barber half is STUNNING!
Here is one of my proof halves:
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Your 1877 aka Godzilla.
it.
Both Superb! The 1912 reverse is just pure candy.
Here’s a few I didn’t post in the other thread:
Ka Pow! Love all of those monsters! Hey where's your seated proofs!
Holy crap on that 1836!
Facelifter doesn't f#@k around!
Haha thanks- I had two seated proof 68 Cameos in NGC holders and PCGS wouldn’t cross them so I sold them on GC! Time to replace!
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The amount of exquisite proof Seated Halves on the market=Zero point zero.
1894 Proof 64 Barber Half in a first generation PCGS rattler
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I was going to post one until I saw some of these. - man there are several big winners here! Wow
This is an amazing coin - thank you for sharing
Never seen one of these before - gotta be among the best 1/2 dollar coin I have seen on this forum - breathtaking
Wish I had better news but I don’t collect halves!!
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I don't own many proof half dollars anymore, but I still have a couple-or-three laying around-
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Ummmm…. WOW!
One of best Franklin half dollars I’ve seen
Do you own those?!?
All from my Dansco 7070:
PR64+CAM w/CAC:
PR65+DCAM w/CAC:
PR67CAM w/CAC:
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
A few I've had the privilege to work with.
And pulled from a proof set as you set it here:
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I have some proof JFK halves, still in the set. I have been thinking about getting a proof WLH... been thinking about it for a few months now. Probably should turn thoughts to action.
Some really nice coins here.... Cheers, RickO
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I do- I have the #2 registry set
Wow I would buy that in a second- love the toning!
There are some amazing coins in this thread- just imagine back to the time when keeping a coin like that 1878 in an album was the normal way people stored their coins.
Glad you enjoyed seeing them. What's interesting is that the 1878 and a couple other coins here are sitting in PR64 holders. I think I found a few of them with above-average eye appeal for the grade.
1872 - PCGS PR65
1878 - PCGS PR64
1884 - PCGS PR66
1888 - NGC PR65
1889 - NGC PR65
1891 - PCGS PR66 CAM
1902 - PCGS PR65
1905 - PCGS PR64
1909 - PCGS PR64
1910 - PCGS PR66 CAM (Friend)
1915 - PCGS PR66 (Newman-Green)
Agreed! I mainly focus on proof coins when they are an option for an issue- proof Morgans not business strikes, same for half dollars.
Great thread @Eldorado9 !
Really beautiful coins guys...Keep them coming. Here's a special one in my Barber collection, you've seen her before but she is worth a re-post.
"Surfer Girl"
Here's a cherry pick from a 56 proof set.
I paid $60 for the set and got two, not one, but two varieties out of the set.
The Jefferson ddo and the Franklin.
1956 typ 1 FS - 901 PF. 67
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I have some Franklins, but no proofs. They are beautiful coins.
All I have are moderns - and TVs at that, so summayaz are gonna have to avert yer eyes.
Not all of these are "winners", even in my opinion, but some are real nice. Some of the curved coin TVs may be stock pix as they may have stopped taking curved TVs. But its what I got to share. ...
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Sorry for the bad crop on the second one.
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obviously it is a wonderful half but is it really a proof? not often a wonderful proof is imaged in such as a way as to make it look completely business strike!
Yes. Many early 1950s proof dies were used to the point of losing their mirrors, giving them a satin appearance, and some weren't polished enough to get full mirror surfaces. They are quite attractive to my eyes. This example bears the details and strike characteristics of a proof, particularly the rims.
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I have a number of proofs (Walker, Franklin and 1964 AH Kennedy halves) at PCGS being graded and photographed. I have thus far received 8 of them back and am waiting on Trueview photos to post. 58 more are still in the "grading" stage.
When all of these coins are back in my possession and Trueview photos have been posted I will show some of them in this thread.
Until then, here is one of my favorites that I have posted before:
U.S. Type Set
Never wear a red shirt when photographing proofs.........
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Yes, it is absolutely a proof. @FlyingAl has written a good description of what is sometimes (often, depending upon the year) seen on early Franklin half dollars. In my experience, the 1950 issue is most often found with satiny surfaces and the tendency to find them this way goes down dramatically after 1953.
Here are close-up images of the front and back of my coin. You can see what appear to be hairlines all over Franklin's portrait as well as the Liberty Bell, but in both cases these are aggressive die polish-
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thanks for posting those lovely images! it is probably much more apparent in-hand that it is a proof.
i guess this effect isn't too dissimilar to what happens to morgan dmpls that develop areas that look completely MS looking while maintaining the dmpl look.