Expert: PAPAJACK - 11/19/2008

Question
QUESTION: Is there any great value for an 1829 silver dollar?

ANSWER: Hello Jan,

Thank you for selecting me for this question.
There were no dollar coins made in the USA in 1829.

Please take another look at your coin and get back to me with the new information.

PapaJack

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QUESTION: Sorry it was a half dollar from that year. thanks for getting back to us so fast!

Answer
Hello Jan,          

As for a rough price range on any coin - Collectors have devised a numerical grading system for coins. Depending on how much wear a coin has. It goes from 1 to 70. With 1 being barely identifiable as a coin and 70 being perfect. Coins taken from circulation usually fall between grade 8-VG (very Good) and grade 50 (AU Almost Uncirculated).   Only a strictly uncirculated coin can grade in Mint State between 60 and 70.

They were 30 millimeters in diameter the denomination is inscribed on them. And a couple of different mints made them.

Called the 1839 HALF DOLLAR - CAPPED BUST type Mintage: Philadelphia 1,392,976 and Mintmark: "O" (for New Orleans, LA) above the date on the obverse. Mintage: Circulation strikes: 178,976 both with reeded edges.
GRADE          G3      F12       EF40    AU50        MS60          MS62   
1839          $43   $59      $185       $335       $1000         $1350
1839-O       $144   $275    $650   $1250       $2600         $3575    

Prices for extremely fine to About Uncirculated auctioned for $97.75

And the other type half dollar was called SEATED LIBERTY type its Mintage Philadelphia was 1,972,400 and the edge was reeded

Prices for extremely fine to About Uncirculated auctioned for About Uncirculated.  "No Drapery", sold for $891.25

Note… a coin can not be properly evaluated without being seen! (As you can see by the auction results some sell at low prices when eye appeal is missing.)

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Thank You and Good Luck

PapaJack