Coin purchase

[peachhead]

I'm not a coin person - i.e. I am not into buying and collecting coins for an investment. I didn't even know this particular coin existed until a couple of weeks ago, but I knew I wanted one.
1925 Half Dollar.

 

[s4s4u]

Cool find. News to me as well!

 

[Joe Reilly]

Cool

 

[kentucky yeti]

That’s a new one to me too. I like it.

 

[stonebuster]

I like it too but you"ve got to be careful these days as there are many very good copies/restrikes of silver dollars & other coins that are very hard to tell from originals. I say this as a warning to others who might not know. Since you're not a collector, I doubt you'd shell out the $12,000+ I saw asked for an original. Even if yours is a restrike, it's a very cool coin to have.

 

[peachhead]

I like it too but you"ve got to be careful these days as there are many very good copies/restrikes of silver dollars & other coins that are very hard to tell from originals. I say this as a warning to others who might not know. Since you're not a collector, I doubt you'd shell out the $12,000+ I saw asked for an original. Even if yours is a restrike, it's a very cool coin to have.

I just saw that one, I did not look at the details but I think the seller is going to be disappointed.
This normally sells for 75-120 roughly. There are restrikes out there for 25 or less.

 

[Mike J]

That is just too cool.

 

[edm1]

I actually got one of those from a bank in 2014 for .50. I sleeved it and kept it. I think it’s cool. I think they are around $75-$100 or were in the past.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

My Blue Book shows it as follows:
AU-40 = $40, MS-60=$50, MS-63=$60, MS-65$130

My Red Book Shows:
AU-50=$55, MS-60=$65, MS-63=$85, MS-65=$185, MS-66=$325

My U.S. Coin Digest doesn't show it.
Bottom line It's worth what someone pays for it.

 

[JAYDAWG]

It's a commemorative of the Stone Mountain Memorial. This one with mintage of 1.3 Million is one of the more common issues. The US mint started the series in 1892-93 with the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. There were about 50 different versions from the 1893 until 1954 when it was suspended with the Washington/Carver commem. The program restarted in 1982 with the George Washington 250th birth anniversary coin. As far as I know the mint is still doing something every year.

 

[peachhead]

Referring to the above

(The short version)

Borglum, who designed the coin, was the original sculptor commissioned to carve the mountain. His idea was a massive carving, including hundreds of soldiers on horseback. He did start on it, but WW I intervened. After that there was a lot of politics and he quit/was fired. What carving he had started was blasted off the mountain and a new sculptor was found who started the carving that is there today.

 

[JAYDAWG]

Referring to the above

(The short version)

Borglum, who designed the coin, was the original sculptor commissioned to carve the mountain. His idea was a massive carving, including hundreds of soldiers on horseback. He did start on it, but WW I intervened. After that there was a lot of politics and he quit/was fired. What carving he had started was blasted off the mountain and a new sculptor was found who started the carving that is there today.

Very cool........Thanks!!!

 

[Larryburford]

Cool one. I have had a few since I was young.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

It's a commemorative of the Stone Mountain Memorial. This one with mintage of 1.3 Million is one of the more common issues. The US mint started the series in 1892-93 with the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. There were about 50 different versions from the 1893 until 1954 when it was suspended with the Washington/Carver commem. The program restarted in 1982 with the George Washington 250th birth anniversary coin. As far as I know the mint is still doing something every year.
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Which coin book did this pic come out of?

 

[JAYDAWG]

Which coin book did this pic come out of?

2009 Red Book