Oh, my dear subjects of KT's Kingdom...! His Majesty was just overwhelmed with this week's CRH....and you may ask why???
In the first box, KT recovered the scarcest coin by mintage He has ever CRHed!
And it is a 90% Ag coin to boot! Only 60,000 were minted and after the past many years of silver coin melting by the public, it is estimated that only 40,000 still exist....what is it you ask??? It is an Alabama centennial half dollar, minted in 1921. The centennial statehood of Alabama was celebrated in 1919, and the US Mint planned on issuing the coin in 1920, being the first such silver commemorative half ever minted, but a political problem arose....it was to have two portraits on the obverse....the 1st governor of Alabama and the present governor, but there was an election in 1920 and a chance the exisiting governor might not be reelected, so it was delayed until 1921 when the election was over. After it was minted there was a furor in D.C. because this coin had a living person on it! Previously only dead people were depicted on both coins and paper....but it was decided that for the Commemorative Series that it was ok to put a living person on that series. In 1936, the Arkansas centennial halves had a Native American on one issue and Sen. Joe T. Robinson on the other coin, so the Alabama coin set a precedent. You will also note the image of the reverse bears similarities to the back of a Walker, but is actually closer to the design of the Great Seal of Alabama!
This coin is rated as scarce by the official coin rating guide and to KT is the first of its type out of over 750,000 halves searched!
Now for the other goodies.
Box 1 - Alabama Comm., 1 40% Ag Ken, 6 NIFCs
Box 2 - 4 40% Ag Kens
Box 3 - 1 64 Ken, 3 40% Ag Kens, 8 NIFCs, 2 Proofs, 1 87 Ken, 1 Counterstamp Ken
Box 4 - 8 NIFCs
Box 5 - 3 NIFCs, 1 Proof, 1 Au-Plated Ken
Totals - 2 90% Ag halves, 8 40% Ag Kens, 25 NIFCs (8 keepers), 3 Proofs,
1 Au-plated Ken, 1 counter stamped Ken
Enjoy looking at the pics! And best of luck to all this coming week!
In the first box, KT recovered the scarcest coin by mintage He has ever CRHed!
And it is a 90% Ag coin to boot! Only 60,000 were minted and after the past many years of silver coin melting by the public, it is estimated that only 40,000 still exist....what is it you ask??? It is an Alabama centennial half dollar, minted in 1921. The centennial statehood of Alabama was celebrated in 1919, and the US Mint planned on issuing the coin in 1920, being the first such silver commemorative half ever minted, but a political problem arose....it was to have two portraits on the obverse....the 1st governor of Alabama and the present governor, but there was an election in 1920 and a chance the exisiting governor might not be reelected, so it was delayed until 1921 when the election was over. After it was minted there was a furor in D.C. because this coin had a living person on it! Previously only dead people were depicted on both coins and paper....but it was decided that for the Commemorative Series that it was ok to put a living person on that series. In 1936, the Arkansas centennial halves had a Native American on one issue and Sen. Joe T. Robinson on the other coin, so the Alabama coin set a precedent. You will also note the image of the reverse bears similarities to the back of a Walker, but is actually closer to the design of the Great Seal of Alabama!
This coin is rated as scarce by the official coin rating guide and to KT is the first of its type out of over 750,000 halves searched!
Now for the other goodies.
Box 1 - Alabama Comm., 1 40% Ag Ken, 6 NIFCs
Box 2 - 4 40% Ag Kens
Box 3 - 1 64 Ken, 3 40% Ag Kens, 8 NIFCs, 2 Proofs, 1 87 Ken, 1 Counterstamp Ken
Box 4 - 8 NIFCs
Box 5 - 3 NIFCs, 1 Proof, 1 Au-Plated Ken
Totals - 2 90% Ag halves, 8 40% Ag Kens, 25 NIFCs (8 keepers), 3 Proofs,
1 Au-plated Ken, 1 counter stamped Ken
Enjoy looking at the pics! And best of luck to all this coming week!
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