SILVER at 1830s homesite

[peanut]

SILVER at 1830's homesite

Me and my huntin buddy Randy (randyinarkansas) have been hunting this 1830's homesite for a while now and have found some nice stuff to include: 2 large cents, several buttons, and lots of non metalic items like bone dominoes, clay pipes, and lots of other stuff, but today i finally found some silver that i knew would be there.

1838 O Half Dime without stars and in exellent condition...only 70,000 were minted i have enclosed a computer scan of the coin.

 

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[hogge]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

Peanut had this coin professionally graded..it went Very Fine..the only reason it didnt go higher was the ding in the rim...value $475 If he had it graded , why is it not encased? If it was just shown to a dealer, that is not proffessionally graded. I'm not suggesting it wouldn't go VF-20, but there are some scratches to the right, and the rear left leaves are lacking VF detail. The damage takes away 1/2 the value, of ANY grade. None the less, given the criteria in this forum, it's NOT Banner material.

 

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[randyinarkansas]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

Peanut had this coin professionally graded..it went Very Fine..the only reason it didnt go higher was the ding in the rim...value $475 If he had it graded , why is it not encased? If it was just shown to a dealer, that is not proffessionally graded. I'm not suggesting it wouldn't go VF-20, but there are some scratches to the right, and the rear left leaves are lacking VF detail. The damage takes away 1/2 the value, of ANY grade. None the less, given the criteria in this forum, it's NOT Banner material.


And you mean to tell me the Mercury dime on there is. it's almost completely worn... You seem to be the only one who thinks it's not banner material.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

I'd buy it for $50

 

[nova]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

How often do we see a half dime found on this forum. (SELDOM) I have never found one in the 12 years of detecting, I'm sure not many have either. GREAT, GREAT FIND Also I am fairly new the forum, I am not sure if you have a certain amount of posts to make banner.

 

[hogge]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

Peanut had this coin professionally graded..it went Very Fine..the only reason it didnt go higher was the ding in the rim...value $475 If he had it graded , why is it not encased? If it was just shown to a dealer, that is not proffessionally graded. I'm not suggesting it wouldn't go VF-20, but there are some scratches to the right, and the rear left leaves are lacking VF detail. The damage takes away 1/2 the value, of ANY grade. None the less, given the criteria in this forum, it's NOT Banner material.


And you mean to tell me the Mercury dime on there is. it's almost completely worn... You seem to be the only one who thinks it's not banner material.

The 1916-D Merc-At a G-4 (basically being able to being Id'd), IS a $1,000 coin. Give it up! The coin he has is ONLY a $100 coin! If you want me to pick this thing apart I WILL! IT'S A VERY NICE FIND!

 

[hogge]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

How often do we see a half dime found on this forum. (SELDOM) I have never found one in the 12 years of detecting, I'm sure not many have either. GREAT, GREAT FIND

About once a week. And that's no lie

 

[nova]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

How often do we see a half dime found on this forum. (SELDOM) I have never found one in the 12 years of detecting, I'm sure not many have either. GREAT, GREAT FIND

About once a week. And that's no lie

Ok hogge prove it! Do you have links? to these half dime finds?

 

[HomesteadHunter]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

A very nice half dime for sure. Any coin with a mint of 70k is great in my opinion. To be honest, its the first post i've seen where someone has asked for a banner vote, its a bit suprising. Everyones opinion of a banner find varies, so don't be offended if someone doesn't find it banner worthy.

James.
HomesteadHunter.

 

[hogge]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

How often do we see a half dime found on this forum. (SELDOM) I have never found one in the 12 years of detecting, I'm sure not many have either. GREAT, GREAT FIND

About once a week. And that's no lie

Ok hogge prove it! Do you have links? to these half dime finds?

June 17 Post........Jazdo----1856 Half Dime.......They are NOT uncommon. I'm sure if you go back you'll find 10 or more found this year. You guys have to get out more.

 

[randyinarkansas]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

Peanut had this coin professionally graded..it went Very Fine..the only reason it didnt go higher was the ding in the rim...value $475 If he had it graded , why is it not encased? If it was just shown to a dealer, that is not proffessionally graded. I'm not suggesting it wouldn't go VF-20, but there are some scratches to the right, and the rear left leaves are lacking VF detail. The damage takes away 1/2 the value, of ANY grade. None the less, given the criteria in this forum, it's NOT Banner material.


And you mean to tell me the Mercury dime on there is. it's almost completely worn... You seem to be the only one who thinks it's not banner material.

Pick if you want to, but the bottom line it was profesionally graded at VF so anything you say otherwise is mute...you dont have to try and steal somebodies thunder because you want to be right.

The 1916-D Merc-At a G-4 (basically being able to being Id'd), IS a $1,000 coin. Give it up! The coin he has is ONLY a $100 coin! If you want me to pick this thing apart I WILL! IT'S A VERY NICE FIND!

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

That is a very nice find. Congratulations on an outstanding find. Thank you for sharing your find with us.

Ray S

 

[hogge]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

GEE WHIZZ! Sorry to cause such a stir, but I'm not very good at "sugar coating" things. If this was a Banner Find, it would have been nominated in it's "original" posting. "XTerra Treasure" had a VERY GOOD description of this coin (as did I). Congratulations Peanut, on an excellent recovery. Hogge

 

[mainer]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

Beautiful coin Peanut. Half dimes are hard to come by no matter what year they are. Congrats on a great find.

Mainer

 

[jgas]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

Banner or not. That coin looks great. I would be proud to find one of those in my lifetime. And just think you have one of just 70,000 of them and I bet they won't go down in value from here on out! Congrats on the seated OH............Jgas

 

[Goes4ever]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

not sure why everyone is giving you a coin grade and the price they think it would sell for??
it is a super find, that anyone here would be thrilled to dig!

 

[999slvrfx]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

There is always someone to rain on everyone's parade.
It's still a super find no matter what he says.
I have been metal detecting for thirty years
and have never found one like that.
Happy hunting and don't let the naysayers get you down .

 

[Tnmountains]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 mint

Yes great find on the coin. Is there a story to go with it?

 

[ramfan]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 mint

not that it matters............but i have to agree with hogge. $100 finds are too common. Banner needs to be a little more special.

Awesome find though! I would take it any day!

 

[EDDE]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

ding or no ding
no banner vote
if you need to ask you dont need it

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: BANNER FIND!!!!!!!! Updated Pics of the 1838 O Half Dime..only 70,000 minted

There is always someone to rain on everyone's parade.
It's still a super find no matter what he says.
I have been metal detecting for thirty years
and have never found one like that.
Happy hunting and don't let the naysayers get you down .

Well said 999.
An excellent find.
-MM-