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vermontensium
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tepritts
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 Posted 05/19/2009 01:51 am
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I read somewhere this was a faked error. It may have been a CONECA newsletter. Pretty interesting story and I'm sorry I don't have the reference. Maybe someone else can link it here.
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wd1040
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MtnCoinMan
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vermontensium
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Posted 05/19/2009 5:34 pm
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I was thinking about this error last night and several red flags went up. First, what is a 1971 Kennedy Half Dollar doing thrown in the hopper as the seller states And, as wd1040 stated, the profiles align almost perfect. I was skeptical of this coin when I first saw it, just thought it was interesting and I'd post it. The seller runs a shop with 25 years experience and ha 100% feedback
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steve199
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Posted 05/19/2009 6:23 pm
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I don't about the seller. ANACS slabbing it is what has me
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vermontensium
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Posted 05/19/2009 6:26 pm
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Yeah but is the slab legit? If it is not, I don't believe ANACS will admit to that. Can you imagine what it would do for their biz! Who knows?
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steve199
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Posted 05/19/2009 7:03 pm
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ANACS has apparently slabbed at least 3 of them, and NGC at least one.
Scroll down:
http://www.kennedyhalfdollar.com/er...-kennedy.htm
ANACS does not have serial number lookup their website, but if you were to call them and give them the serial number, they will probably give you the description of the coin.
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steve199
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Posted 05/19/2009 7:15 pm
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Now I'm officially very curious about this. Heritage sold one in an NGC slab in 2006 (for $1725)
http://coins.ha.com/common/view_ite...Lot_No=14370
Normally heritage shows a picture of the entire slab, but unfortunately they don't for this coin. But certainly that slab was legit.
Like you said in the thread title, interesting.
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wd1040
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vermontensium
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Posted 05/19/2009 7:48 pm
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Errors are not human manipulated where varieties are considered to be. This error, if you can call it that, is highly unlikely, let me rephrase, not likely that this could not have had some kind of mint worker intervention. Just my opinion of course but I am with wd1040 that something happened here that would not make it a true error IMO.
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foundinrolls
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Posted 05/20/2009 12:58 am
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Hi,
They are fakes and they are a perfect example of why slabbers are often clueless when it comes to errors and die varieties.
Thanks,
Bill
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Conder101
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Posted 05/21/2009 8:19 pm
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We might be able to call them real if someone can figure out a legitimate reason for a 1971 half dollar, let alone three of them, to be on the coining floor in Balena Switzerland which is where the 1982 Panama coins were struck. (The last year the US struck Panama coins was 1970.)
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