The year was 1914

[chinook]

And the following coins were offered by a national dealer:

 

HALF DOLLARS

 

1794 fine $12.00

1794 good $4.75

1797 fine $35.00

1801 good $3.00

1802 v. good $4.50

1815 Near uncirculated, mint bloom $12.00

1860 to 1878 proofs $1.10 each

 

 

Set of Silver dollars including 1795 to 1803 v.good to fine $25

 

Also a complete set of half cents except the 1799 and 1804, with major varieties. $15.50

 

Thanks to Michael for the copy of Mehl's Numismatic Monthly.

[truthteller]

"And the following coins were offered by a national dealer"

 

 

Was it Heritage?

 

 

 

 

 

TRUTH:

[gmarguli]

Any idea how those grade compare to todays grades?

[chinook]

Any idea how those grade compare to todays grades?

 

probably good = xf

[braddick]

Yet a round trip ticket to cross the Atlantic, on board the Lusitania was $250.00.

 

Translated to today's dollars, you could travel around the world for three months making about a dozen different stops at your favorite destinations, have funds to stay at some of the finest hotels and still have money left over.

 

Go figure.

[cpm9ball]

Yet a round trip ticket to cross the Atlantic, on board the Lusitania was $250.00.

 

That was only for the first 1/4th of the trip. If they made it the rest of the way without getting sunk.....................

 

Chris

[braddick]

Yet a round trip ticket to cross the Atlantic, on board the Lusitania was $250.00.

 

That was only for the first 1/4th of the trip. If they made it the rest of the way without getting sunk.....................

 

Chris

Well, that would be 1915 (May 5th), not 1914, the subject of this thread. . .

[michael]

great thread

[cpm9ball]

And the following coins were offered by a national dealer:

 

HALF DOLLARS

 

1794 fine $12.00

1794 good $4.75

1797 fine $35.00

1801 good $3.00

1802 v. good $4.50

1815 Near uncirculated, mint bloom $12.00

 

It's interesting to view these figures in comparison to 1960 Blue Book (46 years later) and 2005 Coin Values (91 years later):

 

1960

1794 Fine $70

1794 Good $35

1797 Fine $265

1801 Good $13

1802 Good $12 NOTE: 1960 Blue Book doesn't list VG.

1815 Fine $30 NOTE: 1960 Blue Book doesn't list AU.

 

2005

1794 F-12 $7000

1794 G-4 $2800

1797 F-12 $45000

1801 G-4 $250

1802 G-4 $250

1815 AU-58 $9500

 

If you were able to travel back in time just to take a cruise on the Lusitania, you would only need one G-4 1802 half dollar to pay for the fare.

 

Chris

[cpm9ball]

Yet a round trip ticket to cross the Atlantic, on board the Lusitania was $250.00.

 

That was only for the first 1/4th of the trip. If they made it the rest of the way without getting sunk.....................

 

Chris

Well, that would be 1915 (May 5th), not 1914, the subject of this thread. . .

 

Close enough, braddick....................... Okay! Okay!................I was just being fecesious.

You will note that facetious was intentionally misspelled..............meaning that I'm full of..............................!

 

Chris