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Yeah, i'll have to go with the polished the heck out of ex-proof pocket piece theory. Right size, weight, non-magnetic, no join mark, no copper band, passes the tissue test. But it sure does look weird. edit - just tried a ping test on a clad one and the 64 has a lower tone Edited by Coinaholic73
10/03/2012 09:33 am
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Pillar of the Community
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It sounds like you did all the tests you could do to verify it was real.
Look at it under magnification for polishing marks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you blow up the reverse pic of the '64, there looks to be a seam at the bottom edge. I would say a Magician's coin. See if you can't pry it apart. If nothing else, I usually wrap one in a towel, a bang it on a hard surface. They usually come apart that way. |
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No, I can safely say that is a reflection and my woeful lighting combined! Definitely no seam.
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Pillar of the Community
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Take it to a coin shop and see if they will offer you the amount for a 64 kennedy. If not, ask them why.
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Thanks for your help, it does look a little odd but all the tests check out so I'm going with real for now. Bar sending it in for melt, little else I can do to prove otherwise.
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Pillar of the Community
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All the fine detail in Kennedy's hair being gone along with obliterated feather detail says "polished" to me. Give me a dremel tool and a polish wheel and I could make one look like that in ten minutes
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Looks like it was a pocket piece - in addition to being heavily polished.
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I agree with what has become the consensus, a heavily polished coin. At least that is how I see it from the photos.
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Pillar of the Community
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polished. whizzed. something like that.
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Pillar of the Community
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i concur looks real to me just polished ( the date looks perfect just the way a '64 should look )
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Quote:I would say a Magician's coin. Magicians' coins don't tend to ring in my experience. |
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Just out of curiosity, why are you comparing the 64 to a 67?
The 64 should weigh more than the 67 because it has more silver in it, .36169 ounces and weighs 12.5 grams, compared to the 67 which has .1479 ounces of silver and weighs 11.5 grams.
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Just to compare the 'look' and detail
I also mentioned the noob panic about the weight difference in my first post.
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Posted 10/03/2012 09:26 am
