AuldFartte Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 1892 Columbian Exposition 1935-s U.S. San Diego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labmom Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Very nice. I have always been partial to the Columbian Expo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Nice coins. I too like the Columbian Expo halves. Have a few in G4 condition and treasure them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Handsome coins! Is it just me or is the relief especially high on the San Diego commem? May I ask the grade on the Columbian? It looks higher than the one I have (which isn't that high)... just curious. Also... Art, those two G4s sound amazing - the fact that they were circulated and actually used! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 The Columbian halves were being sold at the expo for $1.00 each, which the public frankly balked at. So the mint was left with nearly 2 million of them which they couldn't peddle off on the gullible public, so later on they were released into circulation. For this reason they circulated, probably more as pocket pieces than anything else. I have a roll of them somewhere that I bought for melt once, they are all in VF+ but had been polished sometime in the past, so I took them out to the ranch and put them up on top of a gate where they laid for more than 5 years to re-tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuldFartte Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Handsome coins! Is it just me or is the relief especially high on the San Diego commem? May I ask the grade on the Columbian? It looks higher than the one I have (which isn't that high)... just curious. The San Diego looked like a good strike to me. That's what caught my eye, and the relief is certainly a part of that. The Columbian is EF in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 That SD is sweet - nice score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearwaterCoins Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Great looking coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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