Bucket List Seated

[46Wheat]

Easter 2020 was a day with some pretty good eggs lying around . Dug my first seated half dollar an 1876 , cool Sterling silver pin , local pharmacy bottle and some other odds and ends . Definitely my best find so far this year

 

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[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your bucket list Seated Half. Nice coin.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A great find !

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Well done, congrats!

 

[washingtonian]

Fantastic find! Maybe a once in a lifetime kind of find for most of us. Keep up the good work!

 

[CRUSADER]

Is it just me, or doesn't that coin look like a counterfeit?

 

[JeffInMass]

Congrats for some great finds and for knocking one off the bucket list!

 

[BavariaJeff]

Congratulations on the big Seated.

 

[Rookster]

Congratulations. Looks like a virgin sit. Nice finds.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Some very nice finds there. I'm wondering if Crusader might be right about the seated half being a counterfeit....it doesn't look right. Could you post some close-up pics?
Whether its counterfeit or not, you still did a great job with your personal Easter egg hunt! Congrats!

 

[46Wheat]

Is it just me, or doesn't that coin look like a counterfeit?

I think it was in a fire . The place i dug it at was demolished and burned in the 1920s to put a new road in . It rang up like a silver half on my Etrac

 

[46Wheat]

Some very nice finds there. I'm wondering if Crusader might be right about the seated half being a counterfeit....it doesn't look right. Could you post some close-up pics?
Whether its counterfeit or not, you still did a great job with your personal Easter egg hunt! Congrats!

I can try to get some closer pictures

 

[Steve in PA]

Is it just me, or doesn't that coin look like a counterfeit?

That is the first thing I thought

 

[46Wheat]

That is the first thing I thought

I thought it looked strange, but the house i dug it at was burned in the 1920s and it rang up right on my Etrac.

 

[46Wheat]

Some closer pictures. I enhanced the color on the obverse to bring out details

 

[xcopperstax]

Wow seated half!!!! VERY Very Cool!!!! Congrats!

 

[Farmer732]

Quite a haul regardless of the authenticity of the seated

 

[CRUSADER]

Some closer pictures. I enhanced the color on the obverse to bring out details View attachment 1822840View attachment 1822841

To me thats not fire damage. Look at how the edges are crumbling. I believe its a contemporary counterfeit & in many ways much rarer than the real deal.

 

[46Wheat]

To me thats not fire damage. Look at how the edges are crumbling. I believe its a contemporary counterfeit & in many ways much rarer than the real deal.

I definitely trust your judgement. Wonder why it rang up the same as a real coin ?

 

[CRUSADER]

I definitely trust your judgement. Wonder why it rang up the same as a real coin ?

I don't trust VDI for starters, but it may still have some Silver just not the right amount. It has a kind of pewter/tin look to it.