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Compare These Edges-57 Was.qtr/69ken.half

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 Posted 11/01/2009  02:19 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add joe finds to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Didn't want to croud my last post. I took this photo to reference between a 'known' 90% silver coin (1957 D Washington quarter), and one that looks the same but shouldnt, (a 1969 D Kennedy half). Even the "tissue overlay" test results are positive for silver. And I don't have another half present to compare it to.
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 Posted 11/01/2009  02:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ratman4762 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
They are both silver Joe! As mentioned in your other post! The 1969 is a 40% silver half consisting of 80% silver/20% copper outer layers bonded to a 79% copper/21% silver core! This is why it passed the tissue test!
I gather you are thinking this might be a 90% silver half dollar! Very unlikely! I would venture to say impossible judging by the 11.5 gram weight you posted in the other thread.
If this half dollar weighed close to the 12.5 grams of a 90% and was dated 1965 or 1966 or at a stretch 1967, I would say possibly. Since 90% silver half dollars dated 1964 were being minted until April 1966 as well as the 40% dated 1965 and 1966 in an effort to prevent hoarding of coins. But since your coin is the standard 11.5 gram weight of all 40% silver half dollars and was minted at least 2 2/3 years after the last 90% silver half dollar for circulation, It doesn't really seem possible that it is 90%.
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 Posted 11/01/2009  02:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverFoxx to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
if your weight of 11.5 is correct,then why would you think its not a regular 40% Kennedy?
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got it man. And thanks.And sorry for that. I had to drive three hours home with it - thinking and not knowing. but did find alot more on the trip, bags of oldies, boxes of olcies, big bag of forein, and paper . One in particular! Check it out on other forum!
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Still a good find! Like I said in the other post with todays silver price they are worth $2.40 each and can readily be found with some roll searching! I buy all the halves I can find and search! Franklins and Walking libertys can be found if you're persistant! I've found 12 Franklins and a Walker this year as well!
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