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Here is a pic of a Proof 1972 S Kennedy half dollar. It is still in the mint plastic. I hope someone can shed some light as to what could have caused this small dot that is visible in the pic under the third star and just above the "UR" in Pluribus. If you need further pics, just ask and I will post more, but this is the best one I have of it, and any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!  Edited by TazMage
08/13/2015 11:17 pm
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Probably on all of them. I think it's part of the design. Sorry.
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No, on the other proofs, there isn't any dots in that spot, and I checked 5 other sets.... here is a pic from one of the other proofs in another set, same year and of the same area  Edited by TazMage
08/13/2015 11:43 pm
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Are you able to tell if it is raise or incuse?
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It appears to be raised, like the stars and lines, but it is difficult to be certain, with it still being in the mint plastic case.
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08/14/2015 12:29 am
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I think it is raised too. It could be a few things. Hubbed through debris, die gouge, retained strike through of a surface lamination from another coin.
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here is another picture of it. I took this picture with my tablet, and the camera isn't that great...and you can just barely see it in this picture   Edited by TazMage
08/14/2015 01:36 am
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Do you guys think that this could be so rare, that it's the only one that made it out of the mint like this, or could there be others with the same dot in the same spot floating around? I've heard that if it's a one-off, that it wouldn't be worth much except to someone that collects those types of things, and others have said that if several, or a few hundred made it out then it might be worth more.
Do any of you guys have any info along those lines, heck, I'll even take opinions, it doesn't have to be written in stone or anything. :)
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Well what's kind of weird but I'm not sure because it of the pictures is the chip or gouge we are looking at looks frosted like the cameo . If that's the case it was done before the die was treated and it would not be the only one . I'm un sure with these pictures
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Yeah, I hate that my tablet can't take better pictures, lemme go see if I can locate a better camera other than my usb microscope and I'll try to post more pics, be back in a few (calling all my friends to locate a decent camera, lol)
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08/14/2015 2:39 pm
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Die Cud's appear at the rim where the die chipped. If your raised mark is not at the rim it is not a Cud. |
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Well, I don't know what it is or how it happened, but I doubt that it's the only one that has that. But there probably isn't many. Like I said, this one came in an unopened box of 5 and this was the only one in those 5 that has this, but I doubt that it would happen to just one coin, so if any of you people have any 1972 Proof sets, you might want to check them out and see and let us know, because I hate having a one of a kind coin.... :(
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Posted 08/13/2015 11:19 pm
