Time for an useless coin fact.

MastaHanky

More Columbian Exposition commemorative half dollars were produced in 1893 than Morgan dollars at all four mints COMBINED.

No wonder those Morgans are so tough, they were busy putting out those fugly commems.

ccex

I thought that by 1893 an economic crisis was at hand and the government had come to their senses and stopped adding to their stockpile of silver dollars.

Although my house is less than two blocks of the site of the Columbian Exposition, and despite the fact that I specialize in Barber-designed coins, I'd be happy to trade any of your 1893 dollars for my 1893 Columbian or regular issue Barber coins un tge same grade.

jtryka

Here's a useless one for you, the San Francisco Mint produced more gold double eagles, eagles and half eagles than Philadelphia in 1906 despite the fact that a massive earthquake leveled the city in April of that same year.

dorkkarl

i like the columbia halves - in better grades. they get ugly real quick w/ circulation, though. of course, is there anything uglier than a circulated morgan???

K S

BillJones

< Is there anything uglier than a circulated Morgan? >

Yes. A circulated Susan B. Anthony dollar, but those are major rarities.

stujoe

dorkkarl, PLEASE STOP BASHING CIRCULATED COINS!

Here is a beautiful example of a circulated Columbian Half Dollar

UncleJoe

WOW!!! Does braddick know you have that coin?

Joe.

stujoe

He probably has one pretty similar. The ones that didn't sell as cimmemoratives were released into the wild and aren't real hard to find in lower grades. However, my guess is that this one was a pocket piece. It has just too much wear to make me think it lasted in circulation that long.

I thought about slabbing this one as a joke, but since it has no date (and is not a one year type), I don't know of a respectable service that would slab it.

I picked it up out of a junk box at a local show. I just couldn't resist.