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Remembering the Alamo with the help of a coin
Mississippi Numismatic Association
25 September at 20:36 ·
Brad Karoleff of Coins Plus, Cincinnati Ohio, is the president of the John Reich Collectors Society and a leading expert on half dollars.
One of the problems is Reich wasn’t working for the United States Mint in 1836. He was a coin designer from 1807-1817 and left after a wage dispute, Karoleff said. His design was used until nearly the end of 1836.
“John Reich bounced around Pennsylvania for the next decade or so and history lost track of him in the early 1830′s,” Karoleff said. “It is speculated that he died during a cholera epidemic and was buried in a paupers grave in about 1832. Researchers have extensively looked for a final resting place for Reich with no success over the last 50 years.”
Karofeff agrees the half dollar was made on a screw press, not a steam press, but they don’t agree on the value of the coin. It is not one of a kind, he said.
By looking at the photos, Karoleff said it is a typical 1836 lettered edge half dollar, a rather common coin worth $50-$150, “but I can not tell for sure without inspecting it.”
He said, “The edge reads Fifty Cents or Half a Dollar. It is the last half dollar design struck on the old manual screw press. Later in 1836 they used the new steam press on the half dollars and the design was slightly different and the edge like what you see on coins today.”
So while they don’t agree about the rarity of coin Noyse found, there is one more thing they can agree on.
It is made from a design created by Reich and it was a nice find that day in Texas. It is a good way to remember the Alamo.
Brad Karoleff of Coins Plus, Cincinnati Ohio, is the president of the John Reich Collectors Society and a leading expert on half dollars.
One of the problems is Reich wasn’t working for the United States Mint in 1836. He was a coin designer from 1807-1817 and left after a wage dispute, Karoleff said. His design was used until nearly the end of 1836.
“John Reich bounced around Pennsylvania for the next decade or so and history lost track of him in the early 1830′s,” Karoleff said. “It is speculated that he died during a cholera epidemic and was buried in a paupers grave in about 1832. Researchers have extensively looked for a final resting place for Reich with no success over the last 50 years.”
Karofeff agrees the half dollar was made on a screw press, not a steam press, but they don’t agree on the value of the coin. It is not one of a kind, he said.
By looking at the photos, Karoleff said it is a typical 1836 lettered edge half dollar, a rather common coin worth $50-$150, “but I can not tell for sure without inspecting it.”
He said, “The edge reads Fifty Cents or Half a Dollar. It is the last half dollar design struck on the old manual screw press. Later in 1836 they used the new steam press on the half dollars and the design was slightly different and the edge like what you see on coins today.”
So while they don’t agree about the rarity of coin Noyse found, there is one more thing they can agree on.
It is made from a design created by Reich and it was a nice find that day in Texas. It is a good way to remember the Alamo.
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Remembering the Alamo with the help of a coin
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