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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3212401, member: 72790&quot;]I generally collect Ancients and usually post on the Ancient site but I discovered something interesting when going through my collection just today. I have owned this coin for several decades and in going through my collection today I put this coin under a magnifying glass and saw what I think are two Chinese chop marks on the reverse of an 1807 Bust 50 cent piece. On my admittedly poor quality photos (haven&#039;t quite got the hang of this, yet) there seem to be two, one, which is very dark (dirt inside?), taller than wider,&nbsp; above the 50 c. and to the right a much smaller one that looks like an asterisk. I am of course familiar with these marks on crown sized silver coins but I am not familiar with them on smaller coins like this 1807 half dollar. Assuming the coin is a genuine US half dollar with genuine chop marks, are such coins common and how might their value be compared to such coins unmarked?[ATTACH=full]834446[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]834447[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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