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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!:shock::shock:

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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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!:shock::shock:

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!
Wow. Awesome finds. Congrats on finding some of what we all hope for!
 
Wow KT what an awesome find!! Why would someone put that in a roll? Works out great for you though! Congrats KT!
 
Nice going on the commem KT, I see their value on eBay starts around $100!
Hard to say how a coin like that ends up in a roll, lots of folks would look at that coin as if it was foreign, or from Mars :grin:, maybe part of a deceased relative's collection that was dumped without a second thought -
 
Love that Alabama Commemorative Half! I had no idea Jeff Sessions was around back then! I wonder who the designer was? They sure did a great job on the eagle! Thats some nice jingle there! You gonna sell it?
 
Love that Alabama Commemorative Half! I had no idea Jeff Sessions was around back then! I wonder who the designer was? They sure did a great job on the eagle! Thats some nice jingle there! You gonna sell it?

Laura Gardner Fraser was the designer and is credited as being the first woman to design a US coin! The reverse design is so strong and attractive it is said to have been worthy of Gaudin, the designer of the 20$ gold piece! All KT's info was recovered from Wikipedia.

And to answer your question...HECK, NO! That is a once in a lifetime recovery, either mding or CRHing, so it goes into the Royal Vault! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Thanks to all for the comments....AMC...KT never thought that His Majesty would ever recover something like that coin....Hmmm, Walkers are gonna seem a bit mundane after this. But not for long! :lol::lol:

KT held a Royal Ball at the Castle this weekend just to celebrate its recovery!
When KT first saw it, He saw the reverse and thought, that is a strange looking Walker, then when the obverse was examined, He thought it might be one weird old foreign coin. :?::?: But out came the loupe and He spotted Alabama in the ribbon above the Eagle. That is when KT realized He had something really cool! :holycow::dingding:

BTW, does anyone know who Charles Lendman, b. 194?, was?? Just curious, historic person or ?? That is on the counter stamped half.
 
Missed this somehow, but that is one awesome coin, on top of all the other good ones! Congrats KT!
 
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