1890 Straits Settlements 50 Cents

fishteeth

My three yr old daughter loves to play with large silver coins, so every time I go to the local dealer I look through his junk foreign silver for coins she can play with.
When I got home I looked them up and it looks like this could be a better coin. Anyone have any idea what these are worth? Should I not put this in her bag of junk
silver to play with?

coinpictures

You hit a good one. It's one of the better dates in the series. NOT junk silver by any means!

Krause # KM13
Mintage: 42,000
Fine: $400.00
VF: $900.00
XF: $1,600.00
UNC: $3,300.00

I think it easily grades Fine.

amwldcoin

You hit a homerun! I think that coin has a good shot at VF. It even has a fully stuck Rev! Noy only that Straits Settlements coins have a pretty strong demand these days.

coinkat

congrats-

MrBreeze

I would visit your local dealer every day.

GotTheBug

You found that in a box? Wow, awesome find! I don't think that I would be putting that one in with the kid's play money.

fishteeth

yes found in a box of misc silver foreign coins, paid 10 dollars. My daughter has about 30 large foreign silver coins that she likes to play with.
I purchased this one because I had never seen one before. Looks like my daughter will be able to trade this one for a number of new large silver dollar sized coins to play with.

thanks fir the help

Zoins

Wow, that is a great coin and an awesome coin! Good thinking posting it here

coinlieutenant

Fishteeth getting into darkside? Uh oh!

LochNESS

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She is a very smart girl