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Bedrock of the Community
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If they were used in a casino they'd likely show heavy wear.
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The 1970-D half dollar had a mintage of 2,150,000... far fewer than the other dates from around that time. Not including the S mint / proof, it's the rarest Kennedy up to 2008 when 1.7 million were minted.
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The casino coins also have a specific type of wear. They'll be just covered with tiny scratches and if used long enough the whole design will appear a little "mushy". Normal wear is light abrasion that starts on the high points and works down but casinoes cause the coins to bang into metal inside the machine and each other in the counters and conveyor belts. The wear occurs over the entire surface and is composed of bits of missing and moved metal.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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How can you tell if tehy were in a casino? They'd smell like cheap perfume and cigarette smoke. |
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ohh I have seen those coins. They often look like well polished coins that were ran over on gravel
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Bedrock of the Community
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As already mentioned, depends on grade you want and where you are looking... and also, what coins are needed to make your set. I just started another set, 64 to date including proof only issues. I get most of my coins from mint and proof sets. So the hard ones for me would be the 82's and 83's, because there are no mint sets those years. Also I find it hard to get nice examples of 65,66 and 67 BU coins because there are only SMS sets those years, my Dansco requires both BU and SMS coins. With the set I am working on, I am hoping to put some varieties like a 1964 proof AH and not sure the year, a missing "FG". Others have posted some of the harder ones to get, if your roll searching. I think some are harder based on having to pay more for them .. for example 1998 S matte proof (lowest minted, highest price) Mine, I had slabbed .. and is my avatar 1995 S and 1997 S silver proof (highest price of the 92-98 silver proofs) 1964 proof (accent hair) |
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If you're interested in condition rarity, '65, '66, and '67 SMS coins graded with Cameo desigination are expensive and hard to find!  |
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For me it's the SMS 3 years. I've found the 66. If your counting Proofs, most of the silver ones. Without looking I might have five. Both of the 87's I've found several, including 3-4 proofs. I kind of quit halves for lack of finding anything. The NIFC years don't seem to be a problem either. Except for the 2011-2012 I have several rolls of each. In one box there was about 10 rolls of 2010 p&d. It was a long time before I found a 70-D; found another since.
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Bedrock of the Community
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At coin shows I've seen complete collections for sale. And if someone wanted to make one, many dealers at those shows have enough to make a complete set.
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Ok I need to ask if Anyone has seen this before or knows where it would come from. I'm newer to the Coin World but I've never seen this. In my last roll of Kennedy's I came across a 1984. nothing special...but... off the tip of the nose there is imprint of LINCOLN'S FACE looking back at Kennedy. the imprint size goes from the top of mouth to top of nose on Kennedy-so its not that big. and right behind kennedy's head-on same line as LINCOLN's face is 1964 imprinted as well. ill Try and post a pic of the coin so you can see it for yourself. Any Ideas on this? Is it someone making that imprint themselves or is it something that happened when minted? |
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1970-D and some of the Silver Proofs are getting harder to find in decent condition
1999 is one I had to hunt for a nice one when I did my Kennedy set. And seems like 95,and 96 were tough to find
Some I guess depends on where you live and how many good dealers are in your area
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82 and 83 are proving tough for me
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When I was loooking hard for Kennedy's it seems that one date and mint mark I had problems with any numbers was the 1991 D. Being on the right side (as opposed to the left side) of the country may of had something to do with it.
Still Lookin
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Rest in Peace
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My toughest ones-all of them. My banks never have any.
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I had wondered why so many halves I find looked like that. They didn't circulate that much, after all. I knew they were used in casinos, but never thought that much about it. When I first started dumping halves, one teller even said, "It looks like you've been to a casino!"
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