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Question

2 silver half dollars one 1874 and one 1884 what would be the asking price? thx

pretty much mint condition

Answer 1

I'm a coin dealer. Your post is a bit confusing; for starters, the 1856 piece....do you mean "quarter eagle", or just a 25 cent piece? A regular 1856 quarter wasn't struck in gold, it was struck in silver.... however there were California-made fractional 25c gold coins (extremely tiny)at that time. If you mean "quarter eagle", that's a 2 1/2 dollar gold piece and can conceivably be worth that much, but only in essentially perfect condition. So basically, there's not enough info here for me to tell you anything about the 1856 coin.

As for the half dollars....1874 and 1884 tell me the dates, but without seeing them or knowing lots more about them there's no way to tell the condition or exact value. Their values can range from about $10 each for well-used ones to a few grand for ultra-high grade pieces depending on a lot of different things, like where they were made (mintmark), whether the coin was a regular issue or a Proof (specimen) issue, and of course the condition of the coins. So, again, not enough info.

I hear the words "mint shape" thrown around a lot...for someone who's never seen one before, any coin could seem to be in "mint" condition... I had someone call me on the phone telling me how nice their "mint" coin was; when they brought it in, it was actually a used coin that someone had polished the heck out of to make it shiny.

Which brings me to another important thing...don't polish or clean your coins; you will reduce or ruin their value. Leave them as they are, and take them to a dealer to find out their value before you decide what to do with them.

Hope this helped.

Answer 2

depends on condition of the coins...chek out the online prioce guides

Answer 3

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