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whiter1 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 02/17/2014 1:25 pm I used to get a Kennedy half dollar for allowance every week and I kept a lot of them. Dad was a big Kennedy fan so that got it started. Today while looking at some recent KHDs I got to find that special one I found a 1990 KHD in which the 1 is missing, the IN is missing from IN GOD as well as the ST from TRUST, also the L from LIBERTY is missing or very faint as is the Y and the B and I are extremely fat. On the Obverse side all is normal. Anyone ever seen or heard of this before? I compared it to another 1990 I have and it is very different. Unless a person held it face up and rubbed the rim for a very long time I do not know how it would occur and I do not think that would fatten the B and I in LIBERTY. ? Any feed back would be appreciated. Thanks. RE-POSTED IN MODERN COINS WITH PICTURES FRONT AND REAR. Edited by whiter1 02/17/2014 3:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 02/17/2014 1:31 pm to the Forum!! Your Kennedy half sounds like an incomplete strike, or maybe a greased-filled die. Either way, a pretty cool error. Can you post pictures? (Also you may get more responses if you post this question on the CCF US Modern Coins Forum versus the US Classic Coins one...) Edited by Moe145 02/17/2014 1:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff
srs77 Pillar of the Community United States 3182 Posts	Posted 02/17/2014 1:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCollector2012 Pillar of the Community United States 8137 Posts	Posted 02/17/2014 3:03 pm Pics are needed. Also to the Community. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 02/17/2014 3:16 pm As so many say, post or try to post a photo. And I hope you kept as many as possible of those. I remember way, way back when my Dad used to give me my allowance in Silver Dollars. What a dummy I was. I spent almost all of them as just money. Of course that was so long ago, every one used them for money. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 02/17/2014 3:29 pm Welcome! That sounds like a grease-filled die error, which is one of the more common errors in modern coins. Depending on how sharp the rest of the strike is and how faint the "missing" parts are, it's probably worth around $1-10 to a collector of error coins. I would most certainly recommend keeping it for your own collection! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/17/2014 4:38 pm Could it be a casino slot machine coin? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
whiter1 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 02/17/2014 8:17 pm It may be a slot coin since it came from the Denver mint although San Francisco is as likely. Anyone ever seen wear marks like that associated with a casino coin? Report this Post to the Staff
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