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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
 Puerto Rico
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I fine this one today! So it not comes like that!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sometimes people that work where stuff gets plated, throw coins in the pot.
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Valued Member
Puerto Rico
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How can I realy get that check I dont thing someone will go tru the trovle to do something like that whit what purpose!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They do it a lot because it's easy for the workers. I have seen many plated coins. You get it checked, it costs a lot of money.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Seems like it wearing off the high points. So think it was plated. To say why I would be guessing. The manufacturing company I last work at had a plating dept. Would plate coins in all different kinds of alloys and polymers for example pieces. Thanks, Doug.
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Puerto Rico
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But 1969 shoul be 40 %silver this I dont think it is look at the 2 pinhole on the head! I better get it check I fine someone for only 20.00!!
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
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It is 40% silver and is plated, probably with gold. But, that adds no value. It reduces numismatic value. This one is 90% silver, gold-plated, bigger and older but still only worth it's weight in silver:  Please don't waste any money getting it checked out. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
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Like everyone has said, it is plated. Paying someone to have it tested would be a waste of time and money. If you want to test it yourself to definitively know if it's gold (which is what I am guess you are implying here) then weigh it yourself. A 40% 1969 Kennedy half dollar weighs 11.5 grams. If it is gold it'll weigh significantly heavier than that. Weigh it, if it's anywhere around 11 grams, it's a plated coin. |
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 with calling it gold plated. People have been gold plating all kinds of coins for many years. Then sold as gifts usually for young collectors. What kid wouldn't get a kick out of having a nice shiny "Gold" coin? I know I would've rather got these in my Christmas Stocking than the chocolate ones. Yours looks to have been done quite a while ago and was probably given as a gift years ago and then could've seen some circulation. Worth melt IMO |
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