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 Posted 07/27/2007  10:13 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Hazey to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
(I don't think my first post showed up, sorry about this post if it did.)

Hi, I'm new here. I'm not a coin collector but I do have a question to ask for a friend. He found a coin buried in the ground. It was a dollar coin or half dollar (I can't tell) and it had both of the Kennedy brothers on it with the year 1964. He wants to know if this coin is worth anything. He didn't touch it much except to put it in his pocket and bring it to me.

If anyone can provide any information on it we would be grateful.

Thank you!
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 Posted 07/27/2007  10:30 am  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is this is?

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 Posted 07/27/2007  5:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hazey to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi, thank you for getting back to me!

No, it doesn't look like that at all. It's smaller and says "The Brothers Kennedy" at the top. It has their heads overlapping in the middle. It only shows their profiles overlapping (head to neck) no suits showing. On the left at the bottom it says "John 1917 1963" and on the right "Robert 1945 1968" The back has nothing on it but writing; "They gave of their ease, their wealth, their blood, for others good."
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 Posted 07/27/2007  5:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Whatever you have, it is not a coin. No US coin has featured both Kennedy brothers together. It is probably a privately made medal or token.

BTW, welcome to the forum!
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This was all I could find based on your description. No pictures though.

http://www.hage-homepage.de/Kennedy...-e-index.htm
http://amres.com/catalogs/PLKJ.asp
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 Posted 07/27/2007  8:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hazey to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for welcoming me to the forum!

Thanks for the links. This post matches the description of the coin perfectly....

"I am looking for a commemorative coin that featured both John & Robert Kennedy. The front of the coin had the profile of the brothers, the back of the coin had a statement "They gave of their ease, their wealth, their blood for others' good". Or something like that, the word order may be different. It would have been produced in the year after Bobby's death. I know it exists because I had one that belonged to my Mother. It was mounted so that it could be worn as a necklace, medallion, etc. I wore it on a chain when I was younger, and lost it at the St. Louis airport in appx 1990 & didn't realize it was gone until it was too late. I wore it because it belonged to my Mother, who died in Oct 1969. So it must have made between 06/68 & 09/69. I have searched every angle I can think of on the internet, and no one ever knows what I'm talking about when I approach coin dealers. It was probably made by one of those "Time/Life" commemoratives or the Franklin mint or something like that. Ever heard of it, or know anyone else who's an expert on Kennedy collectables? Any help or ideas you could provide would be greatly appreciated. The one I had was dear to me because it was my Mother's; I happened to think of it again after seeing the movie "Bobby"."
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