Half Dollars: What series/years do you collect?
WildWestHalfDollars
Posts: 6,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
And in what grades?
I collect US half dollars (1891 & earlier) in lower circulated condition G04 to F12
1
Comments
2025 in XF.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
What?
I collect US half dollars (1891 & earlier) in lower circulated condition G04 to F12
Try and find one.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
Everything but barbers. Grades vary.
1964-70 Business strike (junk) Silver, Toned, MS67...
Also the SMS from the era...
A work in progress...
.
880 seated halves in VF-XF CAC
!880s. Sorry about the typo.
Kennedy circulation strikes in 2x2s and silver proofs PR69
Franklin in CAPS album (complete), circulation and proof
Barber in CAPS album (nearly complete), best I can find for $150 or less
Capped bust and seated halves XF/AU.
When i started my walker set i ruled out a matched set because I didn't want to pay up for MS early dates, and I didn't want well circulated late dates. So i thought to myself "what would a set that my great grandfather put together from circulation and banks beginning in the early '40s look like?" And I came up with this
You can edit by hitting the little wheel at the far right across from your name.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
It’s a gear, not a wheel.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
And a gear is a wheel with teeth.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
🤣
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
PCGS VF Barber halves. I'm about 60% complete. We'll see if I finish before I lose interest in the series.
Dave
What about a coin with teeth?
Apparently it’s up for interpretation by our overlords, lol 🤷
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
My point was that no one sees a gear and calls it a wheel, except maybe a five year old. It’d be like holding a draped bust dollar and asking someone to check out your “stamped metal disc”. Technically correct, sure…
But I’ll agree to refine my original statement to, “more precisely known as a gear”. In any case I do have high confidence that the commenter in reference will be able to locate it after this.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
Here’s my slabbed ones, most are AU58s, just one of each type
For my raw ones, I collect by the series, I have Walkers to the early Kennedys in this album, the early date walkers are good to fine and the late date Walkers to Kennedys are all BU
Here’s some pictures of the Franklins and Kennedy’s from when I had the boards in a different binder
Mr_Spud
WLHD, in the highest grade I can reasonably afford. That varies from very high grade for common dates to VF25-VF30 for the three 1921 coins.
Franklins, all in approximately 63-64 (none certified).
JFK, all in various uncirculated grades, since I've been collecting coins since before this series started (none certified).
And the three 1861-O seated Liberty halves (USA issue; Louisiana issue; CSA issue); XF40; VF35 and VF30.
Bust Halfs sometimes.
I collect Proof Franklins. Here’s a hotlink to my current #7 set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/half-dollars/franklin-half-dollars-major-sets/franklin-half-dollars-basic-set-proof-1950-1963/publishedset/205786
Steve
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 collect WLH's. I have a complete short set that is uncirculated in a dansco. I also have a couple of slabbed WLH's that I will be selling at some point.
They are my second favorite coin type.
Student of numismatics and collector of Morgan dollars
Successful BST transactions with: Namvet Justindan Mattniss RWW olah_in_MA
Dantheman984 Toyz4geo SurfinxHI greencopper RWW bigjpst bretsan MWallace logger7 JWP
I've been known to dabble in capped bust halves in assorted grades.
But wait, he is "irrefutably accurate"!
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
OP - I own a few colorful seated halves.
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
By the roll which range from XF walkers, BUish franklins or Kennedys or low grade Barbers
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Beginning a Half Dollar type set
I collect half dollars mostly as type coins. It took me years to find a 1795 which had this look. This coin is now in a PCGS AU-58 holder. At one time it was in an NGC MS-62 holder.
The 1796-7 type, with the Draped Bust and Small Eagle is a "stopper" for many collectors because it is very scarce and expensive. I had hoped to get a VF-20 or 25. I settled for this one graded Fine-15.
I have owned this one for many years. I bought it when I was in my early 20s at a Grand Central Coin Show auction, conducted by Paramount Coin (David Akres). It's in an NGC AU-58 holder. It was graded AU-50 in that auction.
I have the rest of the type coins. I decided to buy a BU set of Franklin Half Dollars and I put together a short set (1941 to 1947) of "Walkers."
Some collectors may or may not like this 1837 Reeded Edge Half Dollar because of the toning. NGC called it MS-64.
Actually, that's not what it says...
I hit the gearwheel to add this...
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
I also collect these as Type but I'm living vicariously through @BillJones ... especially for the Draped Bust Small Eagle Type! That's "unobtainium" for me... I'm still waiting on a nice (for me) 1795 Flowing Hair... looking in the VG8-F12 range budget-wise. Here's what I have so far... still need to image a couple of my Seated Libs (Arrows, and Motto) from the 7070:
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
All of them. I collected all date and MM half dollars from 1802-date with one exception an 1878-S. I have sold the barbers and WLH's . Still have the bust and seated but will be eBaying them at a future date. (I don't know when).
CHB!
Bill, every time you have shown that coin, I have to stop and study her a little more ... she's a treasure and I appreciate the great look.
Your 1796 is legendary, and I rather like your 1839 quite a lot!
.
@lkenefic
Love your type set Halves! WTG
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
I specialize in Early Walkers.
I just recently started to turn my attention towards Franklins.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Walking Liberty - Almost complete circulated set in a Dansco album. Also collect MS/slabbed examples from 1934-1947.
Also slowly working on a Dansco album of Kennedy Halves, about 25% complete.
In descending order of collecting interest:
Seated Liberty halves
Newfoundland halves
US circulated classic commemoratives
Barber halves
Canadian halves
Bust halves
Then all the rest
I collect all grades of circulated coins with a few MS coins tossed in.
I collect the complete Walkers series with all the varieties registry, 83 in all. Missing the elusive 1936 ddo fs-101 (1 attributed by PCGS) and the 1936-s ddo fs-101 (which I don’t believe exists. None attributed by any of the major services, that I know of.)
Complete WLH collection in a LOC album. Range from G4 - MS64, with most of the post 1930's in MS.
WLH proofs.
Franklin Proofs.
JFK Silver Short Set of Proof and SMS coins.
So far the majority of the coins in my Registry Sets of the above coins were made from raw cherrypicks purchased by me from mid 1998 (when I returned to the hobby as an adult) through the present.
That 1828 is in dire need of an acetone bath. My 1820 looked the same before its bath
Thanks! It's sitting on my scanner now, so I'll give it a dip later this evening to see what happens color-wise. Hopefully I get the kind of results you had with your nice looking 1820.
I like ones birth dates of family, friends, PCGS or CACG.