Happy Halloween! Post a coin with a Witch on it!

ambro51 · October 30, 2011 10:04PM

You know whats coming...

mozeppa · October 31, 2011 12:42AM

i made a comment about that coin once and was bar-b-qued.

careful ambro!

ricko · October 31, 2011 12:54AM

Looks witchy to me....

and I do not care who doesn't like it... Cheers, RickO

rgCoinGuy · October 31, 2011 1:41AM

TURBO · October 31, 2011 7:15AM

WOW!!

GeorgeKellogg · October 31, 2011 9:30AM

Happy Halloween!

I wouldn't call Miss Liberty a witch, unless it was a "good witch." This 1854-D half eagle, however, has a definite orange cast, in harmony with the Halloween theme of this thread. The orange hue is due to a reduction in the silver content of the allow (with a corresponding increase in copper).

The reduction in silver was taken in late 1853, after the Philadelphia Mint complained to its Dahlonega offspring that the coins produced in Georgia were a different color than their Pennsylvania cousins. The lighter, green gold color of the Dahlonega coins was due to a higher silver content in the allow. By the standards in place, the silver content of the allow could be as high as 5 percent and the Dahlonega coins tended to run near the upper limit, while the Philadelphia coins were on the lower side of the specification (producing a more orange color). After the reduction in silver content, the color of the Dahlonega coins more closely resembled those from the mother mint.