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IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36415 Posts	Posted 03/09/2026 11:47 am Pacificcoin, it is true. I would have bought a couple more if they would have sold them that day. The coin came off a metal coin tray at the tellers window. I bought the holder a few weeks later at a local TG&Y dime store and marked the date I got the coin on the holder. This was in the Los Angeles area, so the bank had to limit one per customer due to the popularity and what they were given. I waited almost an hour in line at the bank to get it. Maybe other cities or towns gave out more, but that was all I could get at that bank. Report this Post to the Staff
Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5391 Posts	Posted 03/09/2026 12:14 pm That makes sense then . You got the holder afterwards. Over the years we have bought lots of these in the pictured holder . Most are not nicely toned save the odd one with pretty rim tone. Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18627 Posts	Posted 03/09/2026 12:39 pm [q]Can you give a little more info on your thought? you are correct in heavy die polishing however, I should have looked closer at those but rushed this one. i'll retract my polishing comment you have multiple larger scrapes/hairline etc below the ear, along the ridge of the bottom of the bust, the jaw, the high points of the ear also the top of the shield. I'm better more but the glare from the light may be obscuring them. I can't see how this coin could be MS with scratches like those, the rev toning is the proper color sequence for silver toning. it may have been stored rev up thus no obv toning. AU53 or MS63. I'm leaning towards the AU side this is not a coin I would spend to have graded Report this Post to the Staff
Odee13 Valued Member United States 395 Posts	Posted 03/23/2026 10:45 am Sorry so I forgot to respond to this. So the person I buy a decent amount of coins from has 100s of rolls of coins of all sorts wrapped with newspaper and dated from the day they wrapped them in the 60s that he and his buddy wrapped and sell. That is where my 1901 s and 1878 8tf (I watched them get pulled from the rolls) Morgan's came from and many other coins I have come from, most I don't post here but can. Most are ms but there are also circulated coins in them. I don't typically buy Kennedys but I saw this coin (plus ender coin from other side - it wasn't as cool) and I picked this up. So I guess it could have been cleaned in the late 60s and then toned, who knows. Below is 2 more images with less light and less vibrant. Along with similar pcgs graded Kennedys with similar toning. Edited by Odee13 03/23/2026 11:00 am Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18627 Posts	Posted 03/24/2026 09:25 am i found some that looks very similar with tons of polish lines. I also found one that has those marks all across the bottom of the bust slabbed MS63. someone was having a bad day and took it out on the die. the rev of the coin was exposed and has the correct toning progression. if its MS then i'd say MS62 otherwise AU58. reverse is weak which lends one to consider the AU grade. I think the toning was just rubbed off on the high points like the tips of the eagles tail feathers. I'm going with MS62. I'm not a fan of kennedys and never really collected them so I just did a cursory assessment and should have taken the time to look closer at it. it is interesting from the standpoint of the harsh polishing that occurred Report this Post to the Staff
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