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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 305236, member: 8247&quot;]OP, </p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t be put off by previous posts here.&nbsp; There is no reason to question that you actually found the coin on the ground.</p><p><br /></p><p>What previous posters meant, and probably should have put in a more elegant way, is that it was common for counterfeit coins to circulate alongside authentic coins back then.&nbsp; Even given the possibilty that the coin is counterfeit, it still has numismatic value, not to mention sentimental value.&nbsp; Today, people take coins for granted because counterfeiting just isn&#039;t as big of a problem as it was 100 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for a little trivia about this thread, people have used the word counterfeit so many times, that this thread comes up 8th on a google search for &quot;1876 counterfeit half dollar&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=1876+counterfeit+half+dollar&amp;btnG=Google+Search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=1876+counterfeit+half+dollar&amp;btnG=Google+Search" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=1876+counterfeit+half+dollar&amp;btnG=Google+Search</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now when I used google, it appeared that the recent counterfeit issue pertained to 1876 US DOLLAR coins coming out of China in the last 20 years.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure how that applies to half dollars, but I would think that it doesn&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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