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This Guide is based on my personal observations , many years of experience collecting coins, many reference guides , catalogs etc.. And most of all, my love for all victoria coinage , both british and canadian, .........I have often wondered how long Newfoundland Fifty cent pieces (minted between 1870-1919 ) remain so inexpensive, with, in most cases , low mintages , in some cases ultra low mintages..LETS EXAMINE THE EXTREMELY LOW MINTAGE YEARS AND COMPARE THEM TO THE BEAUTIFUL U.S BARBER HALF DOLLARS ,( WHICH RAN ROUGHLY IN THE SAME TIME FRAME ( 1892-1915 ) AS THE MUCH PRETTIER VICTORIA COINAGE ) IN ORDER, 1888 ( 20,000 ) , 1880 ( 24,000 ), 1876-H ( 28,000 ) THESE THREE RANGE IN PRICE BETWEEN 50.00-150.00 IN GRADES G-4 -F-12, THE LOWEST MINTAGE BARBER HALF ,IS THE 1914 AT 124,610 MINTAGE , SIX TIMES THE MINTAGE OF EITHER THE 1888, OR THE 1880 NEWFOUNDLAND , YET THE TREND BETWEEN G-4 -F-12 ON THE BARBER IS 150.00 - 375.00!!!! THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A BARBER WITH A MINTAGE UNDER 750,000 IN G- 4 IS 125.00 !!!!!!!!!! THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A LOW MINTAGE NEWFIE 50 PIECE IN G- 4 IS LESS THAN 40.00!! WITH MANY BELOW 25.00!!!AND THEY RE MANY TIMES SCARCER!!...THIS BEGS THE QUESTION.............HOW LONG?? HOW LONG WILL THESE BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART GO ALMOST UNNOTICED, UNDERRATED, AND WAY UNDER-VALUED???? INDEED, HOW LONG WILL THEY REMAIN "ASLEEP" IN VALUE ???THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE ENCOUNTERED WHEN TRYING TO OBTAIN THESE BEAUTIES IS FINDING PROBLEM -FREE , FULLY STRUCK COINS, ESPECIALLY THE 1888, WHICH , LIKE SO MANY NEWFOUNDLAND COINS , IS OFTEN VERY WEAKLY STRUCK, USUALLY THE REVERSE, PATICULARLY, THE DATE, THE 1873, 1876-H, AND THE 1880 ARE ALSO VERY TOUGH TO FIND ABOVE FINE FULLY STRUCK AND PROBLEM FREE .THE HIGHEST MINTAGE NEWFOUNDLAND 50 CENTS WAS THE 1917-C ( 375,560 ) I FOUND ONLY ONE BARBER WITH A COMPARABLE MINTAGE , THE 1910 , IN F- 12 CATALOGS AT 95.00, IN VF -20 175.00!!!! THE 1917-C NEWFIE IS 7.00 IN F-12 AND 15.00 IN VF!!!!!!!!!! LETS ALSO REMEMBER TOO, THAT NEWFOUNDLAND HALF DOLLARS WERE STERLING SILVER ( .0925 FINE ) COMPARED TO THE U.S. STANDARD OF .0900 FINE . I HOPE THIS GUIDE HAS HELPED SHED LIGHT ON WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE TOMMORROW'S GREAT TREASURE....NEWFOUNDLAND 50 PIECES....REGARDLESS OF THEIR CATALOG VALUE, TO MYSELF , AND A FIERCELY LOYAL COLLECTOR BASE, THESE COINS ARE TRULY TREASURED GEMS FOR ALL TIME ..THANK YOU DANNY ANABLE , _ " CANADA COINNUT "_JUNE 2006
Guide created: 06/30/06 (updated 10/08/09)
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