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Valued Member
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Unfortunately it is a business strike. The teardrop you are seeing on the 4 is from a ding it took. The teardrop marker is on the opposite side on the far right bottom horizontal bar Of the 4.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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 I love how everyone that finds a nice looking coin from 1964 thinks it must be from a SMS. Correct if I'm wrong but I think there are only 12 of those known |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The first thing I saw when looking at the "teardrop." Yours is a ding with sharp edges instead of the smooth looking teardrop, and, as Jim0815 has already said, your mark is on the wrong side of the 4. The only way to know is to do research, keep looking, and keep asking questions.  Edited by Earle42
07/04/2020 1:51 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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They are thinking "big bucks". That is what the youtube videos are luring new coin collectors in with. How often are coins you find in circulation do you find out are worth big money. Probably maybe less than one in ten thousand. But that is what they are think they are finding and can find in the pocket change. (it doesn't work that way in the real world) If it did, we would be the ones finding the big money coins, but they are very few and far in between.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's where the die marker on the 4 should be. All known 1964 SMS Kennedy half dollars have this marker.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First thing I noticed was the "D" mint mark. Instant business strike.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That tear drop "dangle" can also be found on business strikes, so it is NOT conclusive evidence for a SMS coin either. It's a good starting point, but there have to be other markers present as well. and there is always the chance that the sms dies may have been used to strike business strikes as well. The cent reverse has shown up on business strikes.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My thought on this is that the fresh VEDS die were used for the SMS. But they later used them for business strike regular strike coins as well. (We seen examples of this on the SMS cents markers that match business strike coin, but in a later die state)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Something I don't understand about the SMS coins is that although the dies are sharp and new, why do the all show heavy liniar die polish lines? You would think they would use a much finer grit. Some of the lines are pretty heavy. Then why linear? Final polishing is done with very fine grit on a rotating lap. And usually when you do see polihing lines they tend to run in many directions not all in the same direction and basically top to bottom. I'm wondering if that was deliberate to try and create a "special finish".
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That was what I was thinking. What is the SMS process really. I know it is softer in appearance then the proof and the Accented hair halves:  |
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Canada
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.That is what the youtube videos are luring new coin collectors in with. For what it's worth, I find alot of those channels do try to teach stuff but alot of the people who watch them just might not be interested in the idea of collecting, but instead the idea of finding something worth money. And I mean it does occasionally happen, I remember speaking with someone on here who found a 1969 S DDO-001 in a roll. So it does happen, but I do agree that the best way to go about it is make sure you actually enjoy searching and studying coins, and keep in mind that the major various and such that will make you $100s or $1000s are exceedingly rare and it's likely you will not find one, so make sure you're gonna be enjoying yourself regardless. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Most of the time, if they find one of the coins from that year, they go gaga thinking it is the most rare one. Then we have the job of letting them down.
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New Member
United States
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I believe that I do have a JFK teardrop 4.
1. of course is the teardrop on the 4.
2. the die scratch line on the reverse from the
F to the A in USA. (reverse)
3. The interrupted lines at the stars above the
eagle. (reverse)
4. The line from the lower serif of F in "HALF"
straight down to the rim.(reverse)
I would like to know how about getting the coin
authenticated and to market. Can someone help.
I am not at all experienced in selling coins.
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Moderator
United States
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 First off, start your own topic, don't resurrect an old one that is years old. Second, please provide images in your new thread. Full coin AND the 4 of the date (close up.) Third, any other markers you think you have |
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Posted 07/04/2020 1:44 pm
