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what are your three favorite classic commemorative half dollars?

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  • greghansengreghansen Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭
    Oregon, Pan/Pacific, Gettysburg

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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    California
    Roanoke
    Pan-Pac

    Tough to choose
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Oregon Trail - About as American as American gets

    PanPac - Beautiful artistry by George Morgan

    Texas - Really cool and busy design - lots to look at image
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Exactly what Frank said.
    Bill

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  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think I too must agree with the little pug. Oregon, Pan-Pac and Texas.
  • SpoolySpooly Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭
    1)Texas
    2)Texas
    3)Texas

    Texas Set

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  • TheNumishTheNumish Posts: 1,628 ✭✭
    Oregon
    Conn. Don't know why but I just like it
    Gettysburg
    Antietam
    Stone Mtn
    Albany

    But my favorite of all that I will never own is:
    $50 oct. Pan Pac (I know it's not a half but I added it anyway)
  • crispycrispy Posts: 792 ✭✭✭
    Connecticut
    Oregon
    Texas
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  • RegistryCoinRegistryCoin Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭✭
    Exactly what Cosmic said.
  • coinnerdcoinnerd Posts: 492 ✭✭✭
    Oregon
    Illinois
    Stone Mountain
  • BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭
    Conn.
    Oregon Trail
    Gettysburg
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,970 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Delaware, because I grew up there, and there are not that many Delaware numismatic collectables.
    Connecticut
    Hawaiian because it’s the hardest single issue commemorative half to find.

    I really like NICE Lafayette Dollars when you can find them in MS-63, and I think the Isabella quarter is neat, but those pieces are disqualified because they are not half dollars.

    My least favorite old commemorative half dollar is the Arkansas because I think it’s ugly. I don’t care for the Cincinnati either because it commemorated nothing buy greed.
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  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,546 ✭✭✭
    Connecticutimage
    Antietam
    Stone Mountain
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  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    Antietam
    Oregon Trail
    Texas
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  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    Oregon
    Texas
    Connecticut
    1 Tassa-slap
    2 Cam-Slams!
    1 Russ POTD!
  • coinrookiecoinrookie Posts: 794
    1. Oregon
    2. Bay Bridge
    3. Arkansas
  • keithdagenkeithdagen Posts: 2,025 ✭
    TEXAS

    TEXAS

    and TEXAS
    Keith ™

  • RWWRWW Posts: 249 ✭✭✭
    Pan-Pac
    Antietam
    Texas
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  • berylcoinberylcoin Posts: 365
    All for purely asthetic reasons:

    Connecticutt
    Oregon
    Bay Bridge
    Pan Pac, a close fourth

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  • toothpullertoothpuller Posts: 600 ✭
    Pilgrim

    Oregon

    San Diego
  • meos1meos1 Posts: 1,135 ✭
    1. The Columbia, SC commem (Hometown for Meos1)
    2. Oregon trail (Anyone ever noticed that the indian looks like the man on Camel Cigarettes?)
    3. Califonia

    Those comems are so addictive. I have been reading about each of them in the Redbook and several board members have posted additional info on the Columbia, SC Commem from a thread that I let go in BS&T by accident. Its so cool.

    Dan
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  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    Carver
    Illinois/Lincoln
    Stone Mountain
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  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    1. Oregon
    2. California
    3. Pan Pac
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  • JLWJLW Posts: 583
    California Diamond Jubilee, Oregon Trail, and Stone Mountain.
    Joe
  • DCAMFranklinDCAMFranklin Posts: 2,862 ✭✭
    Oregon
    Antetam
    Columbian Exposition
  • jakemrjrjakemrjr Posts: 98 ✭
    1. Oregon
    2. Connecticut
    3. Bay Bridge
  • 1907Quarter1907Quarter Posts: 2,770
    and now mine:
    1.Oregon
    2.Illinois
    3.Columbian
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  • greghansengreghansen Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭
    Hmmm. Maybe I out to print this thread out and start a direct marketing campaign. Now I know what everybody really, really likes!!image

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  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭
    Illinois Lincoln
    Pligrim
    Oregon Trail
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  • gmarguligmarguli Posts: 2,225 ✭✭
    Pilgrim (1920 - not 1921)
    Oregon
    Bay Bridge
  • JaredcJaredc Posts: 58 ✭
    My matched Cinci setimage though any Art Deco designs like the eagle on the Bridgport or Conn commems are nice to look at.
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  • nuckleheadnucklehead Posts: 1,500 ✭
    Oregon (see icon) The 1952 Wasington-Carver (my birthyearimage) and finally the 1946 Booker T. Washington in MS 64 that I bought from Strat.
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  • MAULUMALLMAULUMALL Posts: 711 ✭
    DUDE.........OREGON ROCKS
    TEXAS ROCKS
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  • MastaHankyMastaHanky Posts: 933 ✭
    I guess I have a fondness for animals.

    1. Bay Bridge
    2. Albany
    3. Vermont
  • cointagiouscointagious Posts: 847 ✭
    1. pan-pac
    2. lincoln
    3. hawaiian
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  • mr3holesinonemr3holesinone Posts: 444
    Antietam
    Bay Bridge
    Gettysburg

    Wish more answers were acceptable cause I like a bunch of em!
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  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    Oregon Trail
    Stone Mountain
    Texas
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1. Oregon, same as just about everyone else, as American as the buffalo nickel
    2. Texas, every time I look at mine I speculate about how, if things had gone just a little differently, that state would be a different country, "The Republic of Texas"
    3. San Diego, a great design not to mention it's America's Finest City and my current residence.

    Also like the Columbian, Pilgrim, Roanoke, Gettysburg, and several others for historical and artistic reasons.

    Don't care much for the Cincinatti and a few other "dubious" issues.

    the only modern commem i have is the 1987 constitution, and that was a gift.

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  • vam44vam44 Posts: 291 ✭
    Oregon,Oregon,Oregon.

    With the Albany a close 4th, you gotta love a Beaver...image
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  • wingedlibertywingedliberty Posts: 4,805 ✭✭✭
    Lexington
    Lincoln
    California




    Brian.
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    Behold, the mighty Carver!

    First purchase of the year.

    New Carver

    I love a toned Carver. Funny, started liking them just after The Accident... go figure.

    Other commems I like:
    Isabella, Gettysburg, Monroe, Antietam, Long Island, oh yeah... the Oregon (of course).

    Clankeye
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  • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    It's hard to beat a nice Columbian!. Also I like some of the common coins as the BTW, Carver and Monroe are easy and cheap to find in nice shape. mike image
  • nuckleheadnucklehead Posts: 1,500 ✭


    << <i>Oregon,Oregon,Oregon.

    With the Albany a close 4th, you gotta love a Beaver...image >>

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  • StratStrat Posts: 612 ✭✭✭
    My favorites, from an aesthetic viewpoint are:

    -Texas
    -Vermont
    -Bay Bridge
    -Connecticut

    Even though I'm not from Texas! image

  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Oregon Trail - About as American as American gets

    PanPac - Beautiful artistry by George Morgan

    Texas - Really cool and busy design - lots to look at image >>



    Wow...something we totally agree on!
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