2012 Birth Sets....silver Kennedy?

Please do let us know what PCGS and NGC decide what to do, I just placed an order for 2 sets, and will be interesting if PCGS or NGC will give us a special designation

An accurate weight should be the only test needed. A clad half has a nominal weight of 11.34 grams and the silver one has a nominal weight of 12.5 grams. Of course if you can see the copper core there is no doubt that a coin is clad but not seeing it doesn't prove that it is silver. Silver proofs definitely do look "whiter" on the devices than clad proofs but all of these, including the tissue test only substitute for an accurate weight. Amazon sells scales that can weigh coins very accurately (+/- 0.02 gram) for fifteen bucks or less and you can pick up a set of calibration weights very inexpensively too. Separating 40% halves is more difficult because the weights are so close but 90% and clad are far enough apart that the weight ranges do not overlap for any but the most extreme examples of each.

"It's still not clear to me that EVERYBODY'S Kennedy half isn't going to be silver.......

I can find very little information on this Sets particulars.

I just don't know."

At today's silver prices, a 90% Silver Kennedy has a "bullion value" of $11.88. That goes up if these are .999 fine silver.

I seriously doubt that a Silver Kennedy is intended to be part of the 2012 Birth Set.

I received another order of these yesterday....

Out of 30 sets, 22 were SILVER PROOF KENNEDY's ()....the other 8 were CLAD PROOF KENNEDY's!

They may have exhausted the error packaging sets...but it tells me that there are more out there somewhere. Maybe available on the secondary market where people have not checked for silver and just assumed they are clad.

I will be sending a silver set in to NGC at their request. They said they need to examine it before they can determine if it qualifies for a special label.

PCGS has not responded to my emails and I can not get past their cutomer service reps when I call who do not understand the signifigance of this packaging error. I may send one in to them just ot see how they respond in grading. Let me know if anyone has connections at PCGS that can help get around the CS Reps...I would think they would be interested in grading these ... otherwise NGC will be the only ones grading.

I also am in communication with Michael Zelinski...author of Mint News Blog (a good blog if you don;t already subscribe). He thinks this is very significant and will be doing an article about this for his blog. That should increase awareness and interest.

I put one of these Silver Proof Kennedy's up for auction on ebay just to see what the interest level is...it's up to $51.00...here's the link

http://www.ebay.com/itm/32087493467....m1558.l2649

No...you don't have to if you can tell the difference between a clad and a silver without looking at the edge... They are much whiter in appearance and they are also next to a clad quarter so it makes comparing them easier.

Thanks for letting me know about that listing error... I can't change it now since there are already bids. Hopefully people will understand that it is a listing error...

Is there a way to add a note to an existing auction with bids on it? it is a minor typo and there are many other places where it says 2012, so I don't think it is a big deal. Good luck and I hope you do well. I imagine you'll be putting up many more 2012 S silver halves, since the coin is selling for many times the value of just one set.