1936 D half dollar Texas Independence centennal

What's it worth

 

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It won't straight grade. The rim on the obverse and reverse is too damaged with nicks.

 

Rim is really chewed
Where did you get it and for how much?

 

Hope you got it cheap. Can be an expensive coin if pristine.

 

It's a texture it has on the rim I have 2 of them and both look the same

 

I got 2 for $15 off some dude I met on offer up

 

He told me he got them off a antique store out there in Vegas they sold him a lot of different years this ones where extras of the same year.

 

Where can I send them to get pristine?

 

You can't. The coin will grade AU at best. The grading fees will be almost as much as the value of the coin. From the images, I'm not 100% sure the coin is real.
If it is real, you got a great deal at $7.50. That's about the price of just the silver.

 

Can you post a picture of the edge?

 

Casting bubbles.

 

It's real and it's silver I have a test kit for gold and silver

 

Sure

 

Here's a few more pics

 

I'll take the coins in to the coin gallery see see what they say

 

because of the way certain letters are formed in Centennial, and more letters around the coin, I'm leaning towards counterfeit.

The early counterfeits were easy to distinguish ... https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/counterfeit-detection-1937-texas-half-dollar-commemorative-coin/

The later counterfeits are much closer and correct the issues identified in that article. You can see the more current counterfeits on the various websites selling them. The counterfeits show many similarities to this coin, which still have certain issues on known non-fake coins.

Truthfully, I was leaning towards "real" until you said you paid $15.
Then I did more research in to fake identification, and checking out the current fakes, and comparing to real ones. I have some of these myself too so I'm familiar with them .. but them I'm no counterfeit expert anyways.

 

Can you measure how thick it is using calipers?

 

So they're fakes.

 

Not even good ones.

 

Well that's why I'm going to take them to get a professional opinion bc i did test that they are silver