First time I've ever seen this one circulated

Saw this in a little group of coins on eBay and had to buy it. Not valuable, but the first one of these that I've seen so circulated! What does it grade now? VF20? @lordmarcovan will appreciate this.

 

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It's in the RedBook - commemoratives section.
2,210,458 minted of D, MS67 $12
Proof 4,894,044 PF67 $11

 

Pocket piece..........worth a gajillion.........

 

And what the devil is wrong with Georges' head? Incognito?

 

He's wearing a "Phantom of the Opera" mask.

 

I know what it is... I meant that I've never seen a circulated one before. Sorry for the confusion.

 

It is George Washington's impersonation of Caeser Rodney.

 

I'd call it worn. I doubt it ever circulated.

Uncirculated VF20....

 

Probably a pocket piece. Never seen a worn example either. Nice find!

 

I was bloody thinking 'Clansman'.......

Lets not go there. Sorry to mention it.........couldn't resist........infractions forthcoming.

 

I hate to ask this, but... are you confident it's legit? I'm not sure what a well-worn Washington commem would look like, but the color and features of this one (including the date and some of the lettering) are bugging my eBay-Chinese-fake nerves...

...but after going off and looking at high-res images of uncirculated specimens, I guess the goofy lettering is actually the legit design.

 

Ya gotta ask yourself.......why would someone waste the time........I know, sometimes in the past they did. But with this particular piece? I think it's just pure ol' 'pocket piece'......

 

Hey, it's a popular subject amongst the self-crowned uncriticizable class of hypocrites, so why not we peasants too?

 

Thats something you dont see everyday.
Isnt this like the 1st of the modern commems and also one of (if not the) only 90% modern commem half ??

 

Yes. From the classic era into the modern one. The one that I most desired as a youth.

 

Yeah, it's real. I think you folks are right. It wasn't really circulated, it was a pocket piece. No way a silver half would have exchanged hands for 20 years before getting pulled from circulation... in 1982.

 

Circulated in the pocket.......

 

Have you weighed the coin? Only reason I ask is the color of brass in the pics. Ive seen alot of Chinese common coins going around as well as the key date stuff. I have a bag full of them myself. I learned the hard way before investing in a scale and calipers.

 

I've never even seen that coin. Never knew that commem even existed.
Thanks for showing it.

 

I like those, and gems can be had for cheap... every coin shop seems to have a pile of them to look through at around 10-12 bucks apiece.