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US Half Dollars: Lets see your recent additions and some of the favourite ones you own

WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 7, 2025 8:59AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Just started collecting them so here are my first purchases:



Liberty Seated Half Dollars (lower circulated grades)

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    seatedlib3991seatedlib3991 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Barberian . Great post and great coins. Thank you, made my whole morning. James

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    GuzziSportGuzziSport Posts: 546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The ‘05/4 overdate is one of my favorites, along with ‘17/3.

    Other passions include golf, Moto Guzzi motorcycles, and Euro motorcycles in general.
    Chris

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    MEJ7070MEJ7070 Posts: 881 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GuzziSport

    That’s a nice foray into lesser travelled territory sir. Who doesn’t love an OGH/Gold CAC combo?…….and that’s no 1940s WLH either!

    Always tough to tell from pics but that coin looks 65ish by today’s standards. (not that I’d ever try to find out)

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    GuzziSportGuzziSport Posts: 546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks @MEJ7070! given the “bells and whistles”, a rather scarce first year of issue, and the eye appealing, undergraded appearance, I couldn’t resist…. It still retains a “keeper” status despite it being my only coin issued after 1880!

    Other passions include golf, Moto Guzzi motorcycles, and Euro motorcycles in general.
    Chris

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    seatedlib3991seatedlib3991 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @7Jaguars . I always find it hard to make statements like "underated" or fully grasp things like "scarce", "semi-rare" etc.
    I collected Seated Halves for over 30 years. The San Fran coins from 1870 to 1872 are usually very hard to come by. Large coin melts were going on during that time in History so stated mintages are ambigious at best. I consider the 1873-S with arrows to be one of the top 5 hardest to find San Fran coins. I put the 1872-S in the next group of 5; rank as you like.
    It is also looks like a very attractive coin with what looks like substantial detail and luster. Congrats. James

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    7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @seatedlib3991 said:
    @7Jaguars . I always find it hard to make statements like "underated" or fully grasp things like "scarce", "semi-rare" etc.
    I collected Seated Halves for over 30 years. The San Fran coins from 1870 to 1872 are usually very hard to come by. Large coin melts were going on during that time in History so stated mintages are ambigious at best. I consider the 1873-S with arrows to be one of the top 5 hardest to find San Fran coins. I put the 1872-S in the next group of 5; rank as you like.
    It is also looks like a very attractive coin with what looks like substantial detail and luster. Congrats. James

    Thanks for that - I certainly can not at this stage of life play in the deeper end of the pool but saw this and knew it to be a good one; I am much more "in the game" when it comes to British Victoria Young Head Halfcrowns, which are fairly similar in size.

    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
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    seatedlib3991seatedlib3991 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Copperindian . Sorry you are having a bad day. i can't say much about Mr. Franklin but MS Liberty has definetely been molested. james

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    CatbertCatbert Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Bigtree said:

    Love the blues!

    Seated Half Society member #38

    "She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
    running like a water color in the rain...."

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