19?? Walking Liberty Half Dollar Error?? Blank Obverse?

coinsarefun

I copied the title from the auction..
Do you think this is real? Does it have much value?
I want to bid on if its good, please let me know.

From the picture it doesn't look like silver but maybe its the scan

Auction

Barndog

post-mint damage

foundinrolls

It is post mint damage. Just machined. It may have been a part of a "magician's coin" in its day.

skier07

I can take my sander or file and make a Walker look light that. I'm not an expert with error coins but i doubt that
coin left the mint looking like that. Plus the seller doesn't specify what his return policy is. The coin can be bought for
a relatively small price, but I think you would be gambling and taking the worse of it.

Bruce

coinsarefun

thanks,
I would assume that his other auction is not real either?

another of his auctions

Barndog

<< <i>thanks,
I would assume that his other auction is not real either?

another of his auctions >>



the Lincoln appears to have a genuine cud on the reverse. I can't tell what's going on with the obverse.

coinsarefun

I couldn't figure out the obverse either

skier07

Why doesn't the cud align with the obverse?

If that was a real error coin why wouldn't it be slabbed?

Bruce

foundinrolls

The 55 S cent is real and it is a known and is a somewhat classic error.

The reverse die broke creating a cud on the reverse, The piece that broke out of the reverse die subsequently damaged the obverse die resulting in that look that you see on the coins struck from the obverse die.

Bill

Barndog

<< <i>Why doesn't the cud align with the obverse?

If that was a real error coin why wouldn't it be slabbed?

Bruce >>




seriously? Have another glass...

coinsarefun

that's what I thought. If it was mine it would be slabbed.
Do you think its worth a shot at $10-$15

coinsarefun

thanks, I guess I am going for it

Barndog

<< <i>The 55 S cent is real and it is a known and is a somewhat classic error.

The reverse die broke creating a cud on the reverse, The piece that broke out of the reverse die subsequently damaged the obverse die resulting in that look that you see on the coins struck from the obverse die.

Bill >>



there was a thread earlier today (yesterday?) that asked "what happens to the piece that breaks off when a cud forms?" -- and you provided an excellent answer.