Any Thoughts on my New Gettysburg Commem?

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jfriedm56
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Passed up on a few MS65’s. This MS66 fit the bill. Another great classic commem.

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  • Goob
    Goob Posts: 576 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2, 2026 2:12PM
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    @jfriedm56 said:
    Passed up on a few MS65’s. This MS66 fit the bill. Another great classic commem.

    That’s a very beautiful coin. Nice pickup! :smile:

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  • coinkat
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    Well done

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  • Cougar1978
    Cougar1978 Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 3, 2026 7:06PM
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    Wow - really nice coin! Certainly a nice PQ 66.

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  • coinbuf
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    Very nice, the grade is very fitting.

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  • Veep
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    Love the theme and love the lustre.

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  • The_Dinosaur_Man
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    Great coin. Great place to visit too.

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  • JWP
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    I like it. I will need to start looking for one.

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  • pmh1nic
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    Very Nice Coin! Congrats on finding it.

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice ( i got a 64 years ago and never regeted it )

  • WiscKau
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    One of the higher priced coins in the series for the grade. Yours is nice.

    50,028 pieces coined at the Philadelphia Mint with 28 pieces reserved for annual assay and 23,100 melted. Designed by Frank Vittor of Pittsburgh, PA. Sold for $1.65 each. Image courtesy of MJ on the NGC Coin Forum.

    Authorized by Congress on June 16, 1936 and commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

    Design:
    Obverse: Conjoined busts of a Confederate and Union soldier, in military uniform facing right; across top in two lines E PLURIBUS UNUM; around inside border at top, LIBERTY; around outside top border, * UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA *; around lower border, BLUE • AND • GREY • REUNION.

    Reverse: The shield of the Union Army and the shield of the Confederate Army divided by a double-bladed fasces; below and at sides of shields an oak and olive branch; above shields, 1936 HALF • DOLLAR; around upper border, * 1863 * 75th ANNIVERSARY * 1938 *; around lower border, *BATTLE • OF • GETTYSBURG *.

  • Copperindian
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    A beauty Zack! I know nothing about commems, but I don’t need to for this one!
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  • jfriedm56
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    @Copperindian, yeah Ken. This one is pretty much self explanatory. No guessing needed here.
    Zack.

  • duck620
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    beautiful looking coin two(2) thumbs up.

  • BillJones
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    It's a great design and a worthy topic for a commemorative half dollar.

    I think that grade might be a little too generous. This one is in an MS-64 holder. Of course I bought this piece more than 30 years ago.

    Here is a button from the time.

    The monument on the button.

    Here is a mailer with the coin. No, I don't own this.

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  • jfriedm56
    jfriedm56 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @BillJones said:
    It's a great design and a worthy topic for a commemorative half dollar.

    I think that grade might be a little too generous. This one is in an MS-64 holder. Of course I bought this piece more than 30 years ago.

    Here is a button from the time.

    The monument on the button.

    Here is a mailer with the coin. No, I don't own this.

    @BillJones, except for a small spot on the reverse the coin in 66 is all there.
    Quite a luster bomb in hand.
    Zack.

  • pointfivezero
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    One of my favorite designs and a great example. Thanks for posting.

    Tim

  • CaptHenway
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    Nice coin!

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  • BryceM
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    This is one of the better commem designs IMO. Nice example.

  • coinhack
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    My first thought was, dang what a nice coin.

  • pcgsregistrycollector
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    Nice coin! I would think it has a shot a 6+ or 7

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The Gettysburg won't go out of style anytime soon, that's for sure

  • dcarr
    dcarr Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like these. Here is mine:




    MS66:

    MS67+:

    MS68:

    Moonlight Mint
  • jfriedm56
    jfriedm56 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @dcarr, oh wow! I absolutely love all the original paperwork and those 3 beautiful Gettysburgs. And to think, all for $1.65 each. Which wasn’t a small amount of money to spend on a 50 cent piece in 1938, and a coin collecting community over saturated by years of commems.

    Zack

  • Morgan13
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    Really nice coin. Loving the luster.
    Looks like a beautiful 66!

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