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90% Silver 1970 D Silver Half Dollar?

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 Posted 05/07/2024  01:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dykil93 to your friends list
+Errers and Varietys what looks normal?
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 Posted 05/07/2024  02:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NumismaticsFTW to your friends list
40% nothing special here.
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 Posted 05/07/2024  03:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Keith67 to your friends list

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My question is, If you look at the edge of a 40% Silver coin, will you see the copper layer?

No
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 Posted 05/07/2024  03:25 am  Show Profile   Check BH1964's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add BH1964 to your friends list
There were no 90% silver planchets on-hand in 1970. 40% silver halves often show no copper on the rims.
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 Posted 05/07/2024  04:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
Dykil93,
Here are links to answer your question.https://www.coincommunity.com/numis...r&gsc.page=1 But the only way you will know for sure is to weight it.Your coin is normal,but if you want to convince yourself you will need to weight it.
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 Posted 05/07/2024  09:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oddguy to your friends list
You have answered your own question when you show the package is a mint set, not a proof set. Mint sets will show copper on rim. The proof set silver will show silver on the rim also, there were no silver Kennedy halfs produced in 1970. Silver sets will have the S Mint Mark and the package will say silver. Bottom line is your coin is a normal unc. 1970 D.
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 Posted 05/07/2024  09:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list
Yes there was a 1970-D Silver (40%) Kennedy half issued.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin...0-d-50c/6713
https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explor...s/?des=ms-pl

and from Coinweek a full article on the silver clad Kennedy half in the mint set.
https://coinweek.com/1970-d-kennedy...story-value/
I also see lots of them being sold in Uncirculated sets. (Still in the cello package.)
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 Posted 05/07/2024  09:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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My question is, If you look at the edge of a 40% Silver coin, will you see the copper layer?
Sometimes, yes, because it is a silver clad coin.

The cladding is 80% Silver 20% Copper, while the core is 79% Copper 21% Silver.

The core having more copper will be darker than the cladding, but not as easy to see as 100% copper on Cu-Ni clad. Just because you cannot see it does not mean it is not there.
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 Posted 05/07/2024  10:03 am  Show Profile   Check Pacificoin's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Pacificoin to your friends list
Spend ten bucks and get it XRF TESTED .
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 Posted 05/07/2024  11:22 am  Show Profile   Check Brandmeister's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Brandmeister to your friends list
As others have stated, your coin is 99.9999% likely to be a typical 40% silver 1970-D Kennedy half dollar. My advice is to not cut it out of the Mint packaging. A brilliant uncirculated 1970-D Kennedy half can be more valuable than other 40% silver half dollars. As mentioned in the article that Dearborn linked, it was the last circulation 40% silver Kennedy released by the Mint, and the way they did it was unusual. Therefore, the intact packaging might add to the value.

Many times the 80/20 silver-copper clad layers are indistinguishable from the 21/79 silver-copper core. If a 40% coin undergoes significant toning, you might be able to see the core edge as a faint color difference. It might also be more visible under certain wavelengths of light that are reflected differently by copper vs. silver, or with different physical camera filters.
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 Posted 05/07/2024  5:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oddguy to your friends list
Sorry for the misunderstanding, 1970d of course was 40% silver and that is normal. Your coin shows copper on rim so that confirms that.
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 Posted 05/08/2024  5:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Marv65 to your friends list
That half looks to be in crappy shape for being in a mint set.
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