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Here's another one of those pesky fake rotated die Kennedy halves. This one has a nice, even 180 degree rotation, exactly as shown in the pictures. The bogus nature of the coin is obvious: the seam where the two coin "halves" are joined is clearly visible along the reverse rim, the coin makes a dull "thunk" sound when dropped (like a lead sinker!) and the weight is drastically low, at 10.1 grams vs. the 11.34 gram standard weight. The obverse is also pretty banged up, probably due to rough handling during the machining process. This is the fourth fabricated Kennedy rotated die I've found. Eventually I might accumulate a complete set with rotations varying from 90 through 270 degrees. It might make a nice exhibit for an upcoming coin show!   |
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United States
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Anyone willing to share the names of the banks that seem to have customer rolls? All the big name banks I've been to don't have them, but neither do any of the smaller local banks. Maybe NJ isn't the right place to find them?
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United States
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Out of 10 boxes, I got 84 40%ers, 7 1964 and 3 walkers.
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United States
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Yesterdays box got me a 2006 and 1 40%.
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United States
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Jaobler, I found one of those. It is a Magician's coin. The back will come off to reveal another coin inside. I can see the fine grove in your photo on the back. Tap the edge of it on a desk and take a razor blade to catch the edge to open it up. Mine had a Mexican coin inside. |
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Quote:Here's another one of those pesky fake rotated die Kennedy halves. This one has a nice, even 180 degree rotation, exactly as shown in the pictures. The bogus nature of the coin is obvious: the seam where the two coin "halves" are joined is clearly visible along the reverse rim, the coin makes a dull "thunk" sound when dropped (like a lead sinker!) and the weight is drastically low, at 10.1 grams vs. the 11.34 gram standard weight. The obverse is also pretty banged up, probably due to rough handling during the machining process. Of the two that I've found, both are "double tails" and well-made with precision machine work. I've been tempted to open them up and pull out the Mexican coin, but they look so good that I think I'll just keep them as souvenirs. |
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I got a $1000 bag today that had nothing in it. But then on the way home I stopped at a bank that had 1 roll and in the roll was a 64 and 6 40%ers.
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United States
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So I finally hit the jackpot yesterday! After a couple of months of me griping about not getting any Walkers, I got three yesterday! 2 x 1942, 1 x 1945-S. I also had 4 40%s and 5 NIFCs.
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United States
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Go 2 silver JFK (1 90%, 1 40%), and 5 NIFC
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United States
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bought a 1000 bag of halves and got 4 90% silvers one a franklin and 24 40% silvers. I guess thats average. later greg
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United States
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I went to 4 banks in my neighborhood and none of them even had Kennedy roles. Disappointing.
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 United States
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 WheatBackBill. Do not despair! Keep looking. Got $22 today but no silver and not even a single BU coin. 2009 JFK roll searching ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 totals Total searched: 3416 coins ($1708.00) all customer rolled 40% silver: 20 (0.59%) 90% silver: 3 NIFC: 96 (01P- 22, 02D- 1, 04P- 11, 04D- 3, 05P- 33, 05D- 16) Proof: 0 Other: 1974D DDO- 2 |
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United States
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Got 3 40% in the last box. Hoping for a good box today since it is raining.
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United States
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Well I've had 8 skunks in a row, and after all the boxes I've done which id say is about 25-30 I've only gotten 24 40%s and 2 90%s, and no pre 64! Is it me or do my averages friggen suck?
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United States
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I am sorely tempted to get a JFK box, but of course I don't want to be skunked.
Then again, I'm a beginner at box-searching, so maybe I'll have beginner's luck.
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