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Valued Member
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I've been opening proof sets lately, which are about the only way to find any half dollars around here :)  |
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I've been opening proof sets lately, which are about the only way to find any half dollars around here :) I approve.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Couple of proofs picked from the wild   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Sweet Kennedy's!
I've actually recently picked up a 1966 sp66 cam. It's in an old pcgs holder that has some damage. I'm sending it back in to give the coin a facelift. I'm sending it out with two nice raw 66sms JFKs. I'm doing it as an "experiment" to see how my grading compares with theirs, then compared to the current pcgs JFK.
Before they go out I will post pics of each and we can all take stab at it!
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Valued Member
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On the 1970-S, is that red toning or some sort of lighting from the photo?
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Pillar of the Community
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Thats actually the reflection of my red digital camera, ha.
Proofs are hard to get good clean pictures
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Pillar of the Community
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Valued Member
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So educate me on the square w no toning surrounded by toning? How did it come to be?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Absolutely no idea.
My guess is that someone had it in a folder for many many years and it was secured with a piece of tape? The folder toned the coin, except for the small square.
Your guess is as good as mine.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I am going to say 65 Cameo on that 66. That brown mark just draws my eyes too much to go higher, though I could be being too picky on that.
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Pillar of the Community
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You know what smoke, I am not surprised that you say that.
The 66 is the one with the busted up slab. It's in pretty bad shape and does make the coin look bad.
If I ever get it out of the slab, I will do before/after pics.
Kit would be like $50 to get it reslabbed... Just not worth it to me.
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Pillar of the Community
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Additions to share. 1965 SMS65CAM:   Last but not least, 1964 Accented Hair 67CAM:   And if my calculations are correct, this short set (Proof JFK halves from 1964 to 1970, including Accented Hair) is now complete!!! |
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