Half Dollar

[don tyler]

Went out today here in New Hampshire after the rain, ground was not frozen so I walked near an old stone wall and picked up a nice 1945 Silver Dollar and a Boy Scout Slide Don Tyler Merrimack,NH

 

[Larry (IL)]

Merry Christmas to yourself Don...... Half dollars are a nice surprise anytime of the year.

 

[don tyler]

Merry Christmas to you to Larry, V3i Does a great job, Glad I got it Don Tyler

 

[CyberSage]

Nice Walker Half!

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

n/t

 

[Aurium]

Great find!!

 

[NebTrac]

The WLH's are the best coin design ever in my opinion! Congratulations and thanks for the picture!!

NebTrac

 

[corvair]

Sweeet find. Very nice Walker!!

 

[Schrecky]

Way to go.

 

[ronpa1]

Hey Don!!!!!!!!1 My second to the last Hunt early Dec I found The EXACT Same thing! 1945 Half and Boy Scout Slide! WOW Im in Pa ! Talk about Carma The V3 Rules! Congrats!

 

[wvrick]

Nice Find!! Congratulations!

 

[fin]

detecting in ireland with a v3 for the last year. found an 1806 silver half dollar, vdi a constant 85.
also an 1825 silver quarter a few feet away, very well designed coins.
Are these coins rare in the USA.

 

[mickfin]

WTG Don Love the Finds, Mickfin

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

detecting in ireland with a v3 for the last year. found an 1806 silver half dollar, vdi a constant 85.
also an 1825 silver quarter a few feet away, very well designed coins.
Are these coins rare in the USA.

While they are all fairly scarce, the 1806 is the most common later date Draped Bust half, and the 1825 quarter is fairly common as well, although I have found neither of these types of coins here in the US.

Here is a helpful link: http://www.coinfacts.com/

 

[nw1886]

Rare no.......very hard to find, Yes! We didn't have a lot of population back then.......waiting for you Irish to show up still!!!! Most of our early stuff was heavily used (worn heavily) and our collector base was almost nil until the ending year of our mint producing Large Cents. All of a sudden a huge spike in collectors AND....if it wasn't for European "exporting" of our earlier coins, many quality and high grade early coins just wouldn't exist in today's collections. Us Americans love coming to the UK to find the stuff at the huge coin shows. (COINEX/London especially.) Make no mistake......rare findings indeed, and big congratulations to you!

Funny side note. If it wasn't for the Irish rejecting British minted small copper, we would have not had much small denomination coinage. In the mid 18th century, we spent it gladly.... occasionally find it today! So....kind of a "back at ya!" (I guess) and.... another Thanks! Good luck to you and post pics! Cool.

Don, that Walker is one awesome find too and can never get over it's beautiosness! Scott

 

[fin]

thanks for the info. will post pics this weekend. waiting on a 15 x 12 coil , I'll be heading back where i found the American coins when it arrives.
unfortunately most Irish and British coins i find here are copper and always badly corroded. oldest find so far is a 1465 Edward iv silver penny.

 

[zrickkid]

Nice job. Wish we could hunt but the ground is frozen like an iceberg.