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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1398899, member: 27832"]And just to show that commemoratives have always been the Rodney Dangerfields of US coinage, here are some prices from the 2009 Krause North American Coins & Prices:[TABLE="align: center"][TR][TD]Type/year/mint[/TD][TD]Mintage[/TD][TD]AU50[/TD][TD]MS60[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Barber[/TD][TD][/TD][TD][/TD][TD][/TD][/TR][TR][TD]  1892-p[/TD][TD] 935245[/TD][TD]  $295[/TD][TD]$450[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]  1892-o[/TD][TD] 390000[/TD][TD]  $690[/TD][TD]$850[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]  1892-s[/TD][TD]1029028[/TD][TD]  $700[/TD][TD]$940[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Columbian[/TD][TD][/TD][TD][/TD][TD][/TD][/TR][TR][TD]  1892[/TD][TD] 950000[/TD][TD]$18.50[/TD][TD] $28[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]  1893[/TD][TD]1550405[/TD][TD]$18.50[/TD][TD] $28[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]So, the next time somebody invites you along on a trip back in time to the Columbian Exposition, be sure to take along as many MS60 Columbian halves as you can get, and offer to sell them for FACE VALUE, just HALF the going price -- as long as you receive as payment an equally new "regular" half dollar. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]