What do you guys think of this???? 1797 half dime

IndianHeadMan

Not me, just thought it was interesting.


reverse

Obverse

tjkillian

I like it a lot, but looks to me as a dug coin.

Tom

IndianHeadMan

FYI, It is a dug coin. I just wanted everyone's thoughts and value on it.

What it would grade etc....

ClarkOfKent

Yeah, it's most likely dug. It's posted on a metal detecting site.

I like it!

dorkkarl

value it as vg-minus. i'm not convinced the coin is authentic though. it does look "dug", but also looks somewhat like a cast copy. i'd want to see in person.

K S

mr1931S

in my metal detecting days i never found a silver coin that came out of the ground that dark...

some of the silver coins i found had splotchy dark areas from the silver interracting with ground chemicals but this darkness did not cover the whole coin...

i never found anything this old but really,if i had,would expect to see some silver brightness on it on first seeing it after i pop it out of the ground...

i would say the coin has been colored,at the least,and is a cast counterfeit,at the worst...

the apparent corrosion (or is it dirt?) around "LIBERTY" bothers me...i never saw corrosion on any silver coin i found...the ground would have to really acidic to corrode a buried silver coin...

if it's genuine it's a great find...