Keep An Eye Out For 1971 D Silver Kennedy Half Dollar

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fistfulladirt Pillar of the Community United States 4333 Posts	Posted 09/26/2015 08:50 am http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-co...silver.html# When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72 Report this Post to the Staff

fistfulladirt Pillar of the Community United States 4333 Posts	Posted 09/26/2015 08:55 am I have in my collection a 1971 D silver-rimmed half dollar. I haven't weighed it, but it does not pass a simple tissue test. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72 Report this Post to the Staff
ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 09/26/2015 09:17 am Perhaps you should try! I believe one of our members actually FOUND a 1971 silver half in circulation! Anyways, cool that the guy that found it lived in Nebraska... Edited by ChildOfTheWheat 09/26/2015 09:17 am Report this Post to the Staff
liu21 Valued Member United States 95 Posts	Posted 09/26/2015 10:29 am Ping test would confirm your coin if it is silver or nickel clad... Report this Post to the Staff
SilverStackerKid Pillar of the Community United States 6478 Posts	Posted 09/26/2015 1:15 pm I absolutely do not understand why anyone would try the ping test on a potentially high value coin, and possibly damage it. There are so ,any safer and easier ways than potentially damaging the coin. Wow! What an amazing find! It would be great to find one of those. I wonder how many coin roll hunters passed over it thinking it was a gag. Report this Post to the Staff
shadz Pillar of the Community 1325 Posts	Posted 09/26/2015 3:37 pm how high a value really would a silver Kennedy half be? If it has been floating around for a while before being found it likely isn't anywhere near AU-50. Not really sure what the ping test might be that is so scary, you are just doing the same thing the mint did when coins are made, letting them hit each other. You could do it with a flip of the fingernail and have more fun guessing if you will catch it heads or tails, but its the sound either way you are looking for. Just did it with my 2 Morgans and 2 1969 Kennedy and I can hear the same sound, which is different than the 2001 Kennedys. They are circulation/business strikes, so give em the business I say! *Note: Now after saying that I wouldn't do the same with my 2000 ASE cause it came to me all shiny and pretty-like, so I will try to keep it that shiny and pretty until the elements deem it otherwise. Report this Post to the Staff
fistfulladirt Pillar of the Community United States 4333 Posts	Posted 09/26/2015 4:54 pm Kennedy halves never circulated much, I know, I was a teen in the '70's. The tissue test has never failed me. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72 Report this Post to the Staff
ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 09/26/2015 5:18 pm Ah, Omaha Coin Club posted the same link to this article! Turns out the guy wasn't a member of our club... Oh well! Report this Post to the Staff
accordselux Valued Member United States 154 Posts	Posted 09/26/2015 9:35 pm Quote: how high a value really would a silver Kennedy half be? If it has been floating around for a while before being found it likely isn't anywhere near AU-50. Not really sure what the ping test might be that is so scary, you are just doing the same thing the mint did when coins are made, letting them hit each other. You could do it with a flip of the fingernail and have more fun guessing if you will catch it heads or tails, but its the sound either way you are looking for. Just did it with my 2 Morgans and 2 1969 Kennedy and I can hear the same sound, which is different than the 2001 Kennedys. They are circulation/business strikes, so give em the business I say! *Note: Now after saying that I wouldn't do the same with my 2000 ASE cause it came to me all shiny and pretty-like, so I will try to keep it that shiny and pretty until the elements deem it otherwise. This wouldn't be a standard run of the mill circulated Kennedy. This would be an error, with a copper coin made on a silver planchet. It could be worth thousands to the right collector- definitely work handling carefully, even if circulated! Report this Post to the Staff
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