1964 silver half dollars

[cake]

Why does one look golden in color?  Thanks!

 

[James32]

It's been blessed by the hands of Jesus 😆 

@stefffana any idea's 

[stefffana]

Yes, it is normal for a silver coin who spent half of century in a PVC plastic holder.

I have had few similar. Look on these:

[cake]

Thanks you guys!  In the $100 dollar bag, they sent me $7.00 of these.  What are they called?

 

the half dollar weighs .44oz, and it's 90% silver,

so when I sell it,

do I get spot x .44oz

or

spot x .39oz (90% of .44oz)

[stefffana]

10 minutes ago, cake said:

Thanks you guys!  In the $100 dollar bag, they sent me $7.00 of these.  What are they called?

 

the half dollar weighs .44oz, and it's 90% silver,

so when I sell it,

do I get spot x .44oz

or

spot x .39oz (90% of .44oz)

A half dollar is 12.5g x 0.900 = 11.25g pure silver = 0.3617oz.

If you have 14 of them ($7.00 face value), you have 5.06oz of pure silver equivalent, with a melting value today (spot $23.25/oz) of $117.73. 

But I am sure that you can have a premium of minimum 10%, so you can probably sell them at @$130. In UK, the premium is over 35% for US half dollars, but in USA probably 10% is the norm.

All the best!

Stefan.

[cake]

thank you sir!

[cake]

fyi - I paid 23% over spot for US half dollars a few weeks ago in the US.

[stefffana]

8 minutes ago, cake said:

fyi - I paid 23% over spot for US half dollars a few weeks ago in the US.

Yes, I am sure that we can not call these coins "junk". I didn't knew where are the premiums in US for circulated silver .900 coins, but I've been sure should be over 10%.

[SidS]

8 hours ago, stefffana said:

Yes, it is normal for a silver coin who spent half of century in a PVC plastic holder.

I have had few similar. Look on these:

Hmmm Franklin halves. I love these coins.

I think it's because I had a 1953 one as a child, long before I had any interest in non British coins. It spent its first decade in my ownership in a tin full of junk foreign coins, along with a 1944 quarter.

Those two coins became the nucleus of my US junk silver holdings which grew rapidly bigger.

I don't care for the Walker halves though - even though I have many of those too. The design seems chunky and  somewhat unbalanced to my eyes. It certainly emulates the classic French Franc design, but captures non of its grace.

Edited March 26, 2023 by SidS

[stefffana]

2 minutes ago, SidS said:

Hmmm Franklin halves. I love these coins.

I think it's because I had a 1953 one as a child, long before I had any interest in non British coins. It spent its first decade in my ownership in a tin full of junk foreign coins, along with a 1944 quarter.

Those two coins became the nucleus of my US junk silver holdings which grew rapidly bigger.

I don't care for the Walker halves though.

Yes, I have done three date runs of Franklin, all years and mints. Also, Kennedy date run from 1964 to present. Few coins are really difficult to find and I've paid serious premiums to source them, but it I have no regrets.😊

[SidS]

I am so impressed by that collection! That's a lot of coins!

Whilst I have many Franklins, there's no way I've got a full date run or mintmark run. I suspect many 'S' mint examples are missing. I can imagine that such a set is hard, as the Franklins were unloved workhorses of the system so not saved in the same way as other issues (not unlike British cupro-nickel coinage of the 1950s - very difficult to source in highest grades sometimes).

I could probably do a reasonable part set of silver Washington quarters as I've got about $75 face in those.

Although it was hard enough putting together an MS run of Philly SLQs - and that's only 15 coins and it took 10 years. Even there my 1930 needs upgrading to a Full Head variety and 1916 is beyond my means.

 

Edited March 26, 2023 by SidS

[stefffana]

21 minutes ago, SidS said:

I am so impressed by that collection! That's a lot of coins!

Whilst I have many Franklins, there's no way I've got a full date run or mintmark run. I suspect many 'S' mint examples are missing. I can imagine that such a set is hard, as the Franklins were unloved workhorses of the system so not saved in the same way as other issues (not unlike British cupro-nickel coinage of the 1950s - very difficult to source in highest grades sometimes).

I could probably do a reasonable part set of silver Washington quarters as I've got about $75 face in those.

Although it was hard enough putting together an MS run of Philly SLQs - and that's only 15 coins and it took 10 years. Even there my 1930 needs upgrading to a Full Head variety and 1916 is beyond my means.

 

There are for sale now few complete sets of Franklin half dollars on Ebay US sellers. Expensive, of course.😊

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/US-Coins-1948-63-Franklin-Silver-Half-Dollars-Complete-Set-NO-RESERVE-/144990570760?hash=item21c21c8908:g:mpsAAOSwWExkE08p&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA8Hi/c6lGuNtlXGFyaa5RBBvwK+prIldn8OjhL7ZZ/zMoL0Vab/jRYIQvE32I/KXx/88QMtM1pFF/QTZni+W/wtuw3PR1IpKDPCq9Fp0V48yNQ7qKspxnhI7R5laDcH22Sb0ZYLFlDqPX6wVlvpN0+C2Uak+C3VwB/fd60Rwtb6vPb6XOeijd0zcWOzEbF8vtlLFyC+MJNImyMKfmepEpacx5p3y9ysPbSZNVYS/pnxY+s/kx9Zq+EZvYyuoAiA81ViPP82QCDq3zPy+aBL1ruBKWeoCCmq1v3MGApwUZvpb+4WdFqyUuiknsOazcJzyqJw==|tkp:Bk9SR_bc2tTjYQ&pageci=dd98d09d-17c1-45a1-9e6c-30c528e3c702&redirect=mobile.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-Franklin-Head-Half-Dollars-Complete-Book-Set-1948-to-1963/165899558550?hash=item26a0625e96:g:pqQAAOSweWlirPEQ&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA8LkGrYivBYU56mbs4DTz5yge03rAjHhIW/yfrtQTqPNKEdV5JlYj8TWRJ042qmkummXDWxnYCB1t+FZTguGfhtsW+2vGVHcmiAf0WVbIIRw5kQZYvQ3sNECIQTbPyluWArJB8jYk/JpLGRGdn727PLkcU6jVeohao6KBA3QhDi4kmO4m3y5a4TrGemAFUTY2+9lTPPGQJyLwipcO1YGJKH/7LpDtIdjgJ9o/NWgtvZgbmg7b31ecIxfg5SoWo1CqayX0v/fT7qke6MzmCW5lgw8OMQ0McIXh5VOEKxCiAliSXTx8wLABoOc/m+x4vF5KRg==|tkp:Bk9SR_bc2tTjYQ&pageci=6593d32f-1882-4c9f-afc4-5be4ac9c7cde&redirect=mobile.

[stefffana]

Also,  Walking Liberty complete set, UK seller:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Presentation-Set-Of-USA-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollars-1916-1947-25-Coins-/363273549743?hash=item5494ca77af:g:UPkAAOSwJ5hgEZ6D&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA0KRpfyGdxWIHWYgEUxmhCJQqu1Y5Ug3TbQZFM7iYh6pBJgpzbBM1bK9uT8SSCm0YrfbEeg4g/8NA1vk2nHF0JUa0ecULCJCu2eZZwEtSAuExRk/UdM9EnNgJ9JfGsjShVKIHKd2vB9D5EWatC7lwy4zcELh66JRM8ql7GkFF3FbPfaPAwoAejTEiVRIbxKzqQ5LDywdISVqyRR9yO5pjiuZ61YE2kRPegUppnvRotBjkE7c9sCOUNXTNZPnqbwavASLfjDwoOUVo6pQBcJAxlYA=|tkp:Bk9SR6Dw-tTjYQ&pageci=0942d727-37a0-4697-8cac-1b081a6b8939&redirect=mobile

[SidS]

Arrghh! Temptation... 😁

I love these US silver coins. It's ironic you will note, that I was stacking US silver rather than UK silver in my early stacking days. I certainly got a taste for stateside coinage.

The reasons were that US coinage was more recent and in better condition than most pre-1920 coinage, it was cheaper and 90% isn't miles away from sterling. Not many people knew much about US silver on UK eBay back in 2003. So I got some brilliant bargains. I once got about $7 worth face in silver mixed in with a 'US holiday change' lot. It also seems very liquid, even on this side of the pond. The pre-47 dross might have nice designs but it's very bulky to store comparative to its silver content, tones horribly and can develop verdigris all too easily due to the high copper content.

At the moment I am still working on my Vicky young head silver date run - it's going to take a while. Once I've amassed my £100 face in pre-1920, I might go back into US silver. See if I can double my holdings to $500 face. Plenty of Franklins could be brought in - I could then go for a date and mintmark run on these too.

So much for getting back into gold eh?

Edited March 26, 2023 by SidS

[stefffana]

23 minutes ago, SidS said:

Arrghh! Temptation... 😁

I love these US silver coins. It's ironic you will note, that I was stacking US silver rather than UK silver in my early stacking days. I certainly got a taste for stateside coinage.

The reasons were that US coinage was more recent and in better condition than most pre-1920 coinage, it was cheaper and 90% isn't miles away from sterling. Not many people knew much about US silver on UK eBay back in 2003. So I got some brilliant bargains. I once got about $7 worth face in silver mixed in with a 'US holiday change' lot. It also seems very liquid, even on this side of the pond. The pre-47 dross might have nice designs but it's very bulky to store comparative to its silver content, tones horribly and can develop verdigris all too easily due to the high copper content.

At the moment I am still working on my Vicky young head silver date run - it's going to take a while. Once I've amassed my £100 face in pre-1920, I might go back into US silver. See if I can double my holdings to $500 face. Plenty of Franklins could be brought in - I could then go for a date and mintmark run on these too.

So much for getting back into gold eh?

Unfortunately I have not enough resources to go back into gold. Maybe in the future...😊

[SidS]

12 minutes ago, stefffana said:

Unfortunately I have not enough resources to go back into gold. Maybe in the future...😊

Snap!