Kennedy Half Error - 5's & S's In Kennedy's Hair...help?

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EpicCoins New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 01:43 am I finally decided to shell out the $20 for a 1970 D to finish off my Kennedy set, then later the same day in a different coin store, found another 1970 D for less than $10. when I got home and was looking closely to decide which one to keep for my collection I noticed that there are 5's and S's in his hair. This is a coin that has never seen circulation, and has no reason to see circulation as there were no business strikes minted.....so, I'm confident that it wasn't sitting on someones shop bench and some random letters and numbers fell on it....it's all very strange - several coin dealers say they think it's cool, and probably valuable, but never heard about this or seen it.....what do y'all think? * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

FadeToBlack Pillar of the Community 1751 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 01:45 am Can we see a pic without all the circles? They're very distracting. Maybe dropped letters? Report this Post to the Staff
EpicCoins New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 01:54 am Yes, here's one without the circles Report this Post to the Staff
HelzelsCoins Valued Member United States 419 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 09:52 am Just Machine Doubling and circulation damage, sorry. Report this Post to the Staff
Owassokie Pillar of the Community United States 622 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 10:20 am I'm not saying HelzelsCoins is wrong but I've never seen Machine Doubling like that. The 'B' is actually 'tripled'. I've never heard of machine tripling :) OO Report this Post to the Staff
EpicCoins New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 11:26 am I think it looks like tripling also. And I can't imagine this type of thing happening in circulation - this coin is only available in a special set, it's 40% silver, none were produced for circulation....it's in great shape, clearly the previous owner took good care of it and had it protected..... Let's keep this conversation going - get some more opinions, thoughts,etc... Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 12:05 pm The hair is affected by contact marks which can indeed be found on Mint Set coins. There is some Machine Doubling there but I am betting that you are using a USB microscope with multiple LEDs which can create an exaggerated appearance of doubling. Report this Post to the Staff
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