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For Our Maine Residents and Commemorative Fans
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As Maine approaches its 200th year as a state, we took a look at the story behind its nearly 100 year old Centennial Half Dollar. From an original mintage of 50,028 pieces, about 27,500 examples still exist across all grades, with 19,000 of those in uncirculated condition and 5,900 grading at MS65 or better. With that relatively large population still remaining, this one of the more affordable pieces necessary to complete a collection of classic commemorative halves.
https://www.pcgs.com/news/1920-maine-centennial-half-dollar-turns-100
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nice commem. I got a n ms 65 myself.
Beautiful commem.
Why can't we enlarge your pics?
My 1866 Philly Mint Set
Wow!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Guess who the designer is.
I'll give you a hint. He did this one too:
Grading commems on significant anniversaries would be a nice quarterly special.
I like the Maine commemorative... Added one years ago to my 'States I have lived in' collection...Cheers, RickO
The "states I've lived" in sounds like a pretty cool idea for a collection.
@PCGS_SocialMedia....Yes, I have lived/worked in nine different states (and three other countries)... and put together the commemorative set based on the states... one state did not have a commemorative, but they had a state token...so I used that. Cheers, RickO
Always been one of my favorite commems and I recall how hard it was to find one with toning prior to the internet. Used to be just as hard as the deep dish high relief 1926 Sesquicentennial, but the world wide web changed that. Enzio Romano a couple years ago had my old toned Maine which I paid like $1K raw for and got into a 65 OGH which was neat to see again.
A favorite design. My MS64 with lots of die polish which is common on this issue.
Obverse die clash too. You can see part of the wreath underneath the AME of America. You should also be able to see Liberty underneath the Maine ribbon. Hence, all the die polish.
I practically stole mine for $33 about 10 years ago. The dealer was unfamiliar with the die clash and assumed it was cleaned with a wire wheel. I even talked him down from $35.
My dull pictures don't do it any justice, it's much more bright and flashier in hand.
For my 50 Coin Silver Commem Type Set, I’m looking for a Maine 66+ graded by PCGS with a CAC, little toning if any, with a lot of high luster. Keep me in mind if any of you have access to that (for sale). Thanks
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
I would suspect that more than about 27,500 still exist. The remainder simply have not been graded by any of the TPG's. When I was working in a coin shop it was not unusual to have one or two of these in inventory, circulated and raw. During the silver spikes I did throw some circ. Columbians, BTW's and W-C's in the silver buckets, but never a Maine. I would have "remembered" that!
The toning on this one won't appeal to everyone, but I like it:
Here is one that never met the smelter. Pulled it out of a roll CRH'ing a few years back. I'm thinking there are quite a few ungraded here in Maine tucked away in draws and jewelry boxes. If you hurry you can get yourself a Maine Brass Bicentennial Coin to match with original!
https://store.maine200.org/pins--coins.htm
Jim