Hi, I'm new to the forum. I've been going through my Dad's coin collection and found a roll of 1961 half dollars, all of which seem to have similar errors. The most notable/consistent one is a connection between the T and H in "Elizabeth." My understanding is that this kind of thing can happen because of cracked/filled/poorly polished dies.
Questions: 1) Is this an error? 2) I included photos of what might be other errors--what do you think? 3) The front looks normal to me--am I missing anything? 4) Do these errors make the coins more valuable/collectible? 5) By how much?
Sorry to pepper you guys with questions but I'm still trying to get a sense of how all this works.
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1961 50 cent half dollar error coins
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Here is one of the photos, optimized. Will try to get more.
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Face side
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closeup of die issues
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Re: 1961 50 cent half dollar error coins
Looks like you may have some small die cracks between the letters. Not uncommon on the 50 cent pieces.
Not large enough to really make much of a difference in the value.
Hard to tell if anything else is going on with the glare on the photos.
On good thing is that they are all 80% silver.
Not large enough to really make much of a difference in the value.
Hard to tell if anything else is going on with the glare on the photos.
On good thing is that they are all 80% silver.
Re: 1961 50 cent half dollar error coins
Thanks coinguy!