Cool original mailing holder for the 1936 Lynchburg commemorative half dollars

Here's my most recent and interesting purchase. This is an original mailing holder for the 1936 Lynchburg commemorative halves. Not only is the holder neat but it still has all 5 beautifully toned coins in it!! Check out the photos, it's amazing. I couldn't believe it when the lady showed them to me. I knew at that moment I had to own it and fortunately I now do. It's hard to believe that these stayed together all these years in such great condition. In fact, there is another holder with no coins which I may sell later. This is the neatest thing I bought in many years.

 

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That is neat! There are a number of different style holders like this. Some have a straight tab across the middle. Naturally, the toning is called "tab toning". Most of those I've seen hold 3 coins.

Chris

 

In the Breen-Swiatek book they say that about 100 of those original holders are known

 

Really neat. Amazing it's complete and in such great shape. I'd have bought it as well. Thanks for sharing.

 

Very cool, congrats!

 

Man that's a cool find! Congrats on a grand pickup.

Where'd ya find this beautiful set?

 

That's really awesome. Thanks for posting.
Please keep it together!

 

thats cool

how much u paid???
pm me

 

great pick up.

 

Well, now there's 102!

 

This is an awesome representation of where and how "Tab Toning" happen. Thanks for showing us!!

 

Shoot, Mike don't kiss and tell. Besides. If ya have to ask, the price is way, way over your head.........

 

Well, I paid more than the coins are worth for sure. I didn't steal anything here.

 

Where'd you pick them up? Major show? Shop? Something like this is most difficult to locate. Was a trusted dealer on the lookout for these?

 

Cool

 

Neat rarity (the holder I mean!). Are you going to keep the coins in it?

 

I'm going to keep it just the way it is and hopefully will never be forced to sell it.

 

If you sell it, don't take it to pawnstars. Rick will say "Well, there isn't a lot of demand for this sort of thing, and the inside of the holder is in pretty bad shape with all of those wrinkles and that torn part.....I'll give ya fifty bucks, and that's way more than it's worth. I'm only offering it because I like neat things like this."

 

There is an NGC board member who is writing a book about the early commemoratives, and collects a lot of this sort of stuff. He'd probably like to see your set. His board-name is LeeG.