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Dumpster Diver
Penny Collector Member
USA
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 Posted - 12/24/2009 : 07:16:34
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Was wondering what commemorative halves everyone has found while Half Dollar CRHing.
Also, what foreign coins/tokens have you found?
I'll start...
Clad:
'86 Statue of Liberty
'89 Bicentennial of the Congress
'93 50th Anniversary WWII
'95 Atlanta Olympics Baseball
Silver:
'25 Stone Mountain x 2
Foreign:
'82 Panama Balboa
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cecropia_moth
Penny Pincher Member
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2009 : 07:52:18
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D.D. -
My brother and I have found only one commemorative to date. On 12/12/09 he pulled a 1952 Booker T. Washington/George Washington Carver from a Coin Wrap Inc. box. Red Book indicates mintage of 1,106,292 for this coin. This was the final "classical" commemorative that was minted and is also the lowest priced old commemorative. Upside was that it was a minimum AU55+ coin if not MS60. It really is a very nice coin and no doubt in my mind had a one-way trip from someone's collection into circulation and then into our hands. Not a lot of time to get beat up. Retail a $15-$20 coin.
We have never pulled any foreign coins in our half dollar CRH'ing efforts. I would love to get one of those Panama Balboas...I think the 1 Balboa coins were silver until the late 1940's, copper-nickel after that. Correct me anyone that knows if this is incorrect. I have never seen any of these in dealer "junk bins".
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2009 : 08:13:21
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I have found two clad:
1989 Congress Bicentennial
1992 Olympic Gymnist |
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searching4silver
Penny Pincher Member
111 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2009 : 09:36:03
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I have found 2;
a 1926 American independence commemerative
and a 2008 gold painted half with an Obama sticker on it sold as a commemerative !
Needless to say i saved the 1926 and gave the Obama half to the teller. The ironic thing is someone got rid of the Obama half less than 10 months after he was sworn in and I picked it up only 4 blocks from the White House! Even more telling is the teller still has it in her tray becuase no one wants it after a month! |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2009 : 11:12:09
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2009 : 17:45:45
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| I've never found anything other then Kennedy's. My half searching sucks. |
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ZigMeister
Penny Pincher Member
USA
229 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2009 : 17:21:29
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The only Commemorative I've found is when I stopped at a local bank and asked for any halves...she had $11 worth and one of them was a 1892 Columbian Exposition. Made my day, week and month.
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2009 : 20:00:53
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quote:
Originally posted by cecropia_moth
We have never pulled any foreign coins in our half dollar CRH'ing efforts. I would love to get one of those Panama Balboas...I think the 1 Balboa coins were silver until the late 1940's, copper-nickel after that.
The 10, 25 & 50 cent were all 90% silver until 1964, same as the US (Panamanian dollar was/is pegged to the US dollar). I assume that the same is true for the 1 Balboa. |
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Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2009 : 20:39:05
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I haven't found any 90% commemoratives this year. Here is the odd stuff that I found in 2009 from boxes and bags of halves:
Clad Commemoratives
'86 Statue of Liberty (3 of these)
'89 Constitution Proof
'95 Atlanta Olympic Basketball
Non-SILVER Foreign
Canada $2 Looney
China, Taiwan $5
East Carribean States $1
Ecuador 50c
France 5 Francs
Germany 5 Mark
Kenya 5 Shillings
Mexico Peso (three of these)
Panama Balboa (nine of these)
Peru 100 Soles
UK 50 New Pence (two of these)
UK Large Copper Penny (two of these from the early 1900's)
Tokens
Steel Batting Cages/Billards Token (three of these)
Brass Batting Cage Token
Brass Rob's Car Wash $1 Token
Parson's Indian Trading Post (Wisconsin Dells, Wis) Good Luck Souvenir Token
Elongated Coins
Elongated penny showing the state bird of Pennsylvania, Ruffed Grouse
Elonagated quarter, flat on both sides
Elongated penny (imprinted with a green sea turtle) from the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD
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ME CO
Penny Pincher Member
USA
199 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2009 : 21:44:14
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I have a nice collection of clads.
Statue of Liberty (several)
Bicentennial of Congress
Civil War (2)
Mount Rushmore
1992 Olympics Gymnastics
Silver ones include several 90% George Washington 250th Birth Anniversary and (1) Columbian Exposition.
HH all, Mark
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zerocd
Penny Hoarding Member
555 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2009 : 06:05:08
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Two Columbus
One Booker T/GW Carver
One Balboa Clad
I think that's it.
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Lemon Thrower
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1588 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2009 : 06:49:25
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about 6 Columbian Exposition
2 Booker/Carver
2 Booker
about 6 Washington Birthday, some proof |
Buying:
Peace/Morgan G+ at $15.00
copper cents at 1.3X
wheat pennies at 3X
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Junk Woody
Penny Collector Member
Canada
262 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2009 : 19:16:09
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I've found a few of the Canadian 2002 50 cent pieces which commemorate the queens 50th year of rule.
If they count? |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2009 : 21:45:19
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| 1 statue of liberty clad. |
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