Travis Hale

8 hours ago, Just Bob said:

Please post pictures of your reverse proof Benjamin Franklin half dollars.

2 hours ago, Travis Hale said:

This one was online, but mine are the same... 

Just read about it. Do some research yourself & you’ll find a woman in the 40’s tried to get them passed but it didn’t work...

This one was online, but mine are the same... 

I will always have ignorance of some kind, but I study as if I’ll never reach fully knowing. Famously put, when I say I know it all I stop learning.... good day gentlemen 

Proofs have been made for 1000s of years starting with the Chinese & into every ountry since. You’re reading is narrow. Most of the boys that worked the New Orleans mint came from France. We bought it from them if you remember history.  Their coins are some of the best of that time. They knew how to make gold proofs, silver proofs & yes reverse proofs. History has thousands of examples of this. Don’t pridefully believe the American Mint is the first to ever do any of this. Plus your numbers from their site is even off. I have reverse proof coins Benjamin half dollars & they were considering doing more in 1940’s. But, if you had money or power, you could get anything such as Victorian proofs, faberge proofs I witnessed in the museum myself. The Chinese have done it for thousands of years & were held to strick standards. If you know how to mint, you’ll always want that perfect copy made & it’s just human nature. You can’t limit your mind in a box. To do so is to stop learning or purposely push a new agenda...

Reverse proof...

Tyrel,

depending on where you are, I live in a place & have 70 acres to metal detect on if you’d like. I found just walking barber dimes & mercury dimes. There are also several old houses from th early 1900’s I own on them. One is my great, great grandfathers. I still have not checked everything in that house, especially the attic. He was known to not trust banks & always hid his money. He was a wealthy businessman back then & the road I’m on is actually named after him. I’m looking to tear that house down anyway, so if interested, let me know. I also have several complete sets of wheats in very good condition including the key dates if you’re interested & I do this hobby for the passion & knowledge, not get rich quick sort of thing. I’ve collected from all over the world as a missionary since I was 6. People gave me coins, I was able to buy them over there cheap because back then $20 was a months salary to them. I bought a $20 ruble coin in the Ukraine from the 1700’s for $20. It was worth $80,000 this year. So, I was in China & Russia before the curtain fell & before all this fake garbage was on the market. I still have many coins that can’t be graded by any of our graders because they’ve never seen them before. There are Internaional graders that do help. I actually was able to dig up Roman era coins at a site in Israel & they allowed me to keep them. 

Its a thrill to collect & so much to learn. I learn new information every day. Not just online information either. I read the records during the civil war & union soldiers were hauling a wagon of gold when they were spotted by the confederate soldiers. They buried the gold to get it back later & left as fast as possible. This book is not online, but a local historical book. The place this happened was in my parish, on my land somewhere on the back end side. The markers are all right & ive been needing to metal detect down there for sure. The contents were bars & coins in an old chest locked & inventoried. There’s been other places people in this area have checked, but I believe I know the general place. If you’re ever up for an old fashion gold hunt, let me know & we’ll fulfill it. I assume by me saying parish instead of county that you know it’s Louisiana I’m talking about. It’s always a great experience & fun anyway to start out at any time. Louisiana is riddled with tales of gold etc. the state sort of lives in a lost time it seems. Anyhow, I wish you blessings on your hunts.

Travis

P.S. Don’t ever take one person opinion about grading or the coin you have. Opinions are like under arms, every ones got at least two & they all stink. Research, learning yourself is key....

Just assumed you knew the history on proof & reverse proof, the turmoil of the south & many times they printed proofs for special occasions, usually 12 at a time, but during the confusion of 1881, they were producing most of all minted coins due to silver issues & Philadelphia dropped off. They printed the most & I made sure all this is on the internet for you to research. I have books with all the corruption going on. Also, believe it or not, with other countries... most all the gold proofs came from their during this time, why not silver guys... always read, always study... 

Always keep reading Bob. There is exactly one graded so far. Just thought you’d know that one, it’s on your site....

Here’s Proof for the proof....