nice...not a bad find...looks a bit worn though

apparently not even remotely unusual for silver half-dollars

true enough...especially for that age

really shitty quality tho :P

apparently most of them still around are.

Who would want one in perfect condition? A perfect coin has no stories.

true :)

*trills* Nice find! even in that condition it's a lovely piece:)

yup :)

Thats pretty cool. It'd make a neat necklace thing if you could get a chain on it.

I'd be scared of losing it

was it in the little plastic holder or did you get that after?

in the folder

ah, neat =o

Ran across this posting. That is neat. As far as where it came from, I'm going to have to say Philadelphia. :=8Þ I'd be curious what in the world got it to Perth... of course, by the shape of it, it's been around the block a time or 2 or 172000. Or maybe one of the astronauts had it in their pocket when they went to the moon.

*chuckles* yes, it's certainly rather worn

Truthfully, though, for a general circulated coin that old, it's in pretty good shape. You have to love money that actually has silver in it.

heh, true. Of course, over here in Australia our banknotes are plastic and have holograms :)

Getting like Canada, eh? I was up there in Sep and found out their 50s and 100s are plastic... got a couple of 50s when I traded US$ in for their money and was like.. this isn't folding right nor does it feel right.. then discover it's PLASTIC!! That was weird. Sadly, I was unable to keep one. US money is pretty boring.... although not sure I like the plastic thing, it doesn't fold in half well to put in your wallet.

I don't have any problem with ours. And, of course, your don't have to worry about it going through the wash

True... but I wonder how easily it would melt.

they survive the 47C heat fine. Hotter, if you leave your wallet in the car.