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1976 Kennedy Half Dollar Bicentennial Error

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 Posted 06/14/2020  10:18 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add JMart to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
It only weighs 11.28 grams but edge is pure silver.and it night have been plated gold.
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The green mess in between the AM, is that copper corrosion? Sure looks like it.

The edge along that side in that pick is gleaning like the copper core in the photo.
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I think sometimes silver is plated onto materials first, then the gold on top of that. If someone was doing it the chemical method instead of by electroplating.
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