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Is My Grandfathers Kennedy Half. He Gave Me An SMS?

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New to this community and thought I'd start big, hopefully! I noticed mine has the same markings on Kennedy's neck as the one that recently sold as well as very sharp edges almost like a bevel. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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To CCF , I have to say NO it's not a SMS Half .Just a normal business strike ( made for circulation ). A keepsake for sure and it's 90% silver .
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to CCF. I agree not a SMS,but still special because of who gave it to you.
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Denver mint, ergo business strike.
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Aww darn, I'm including another picture I was watching a couple videos and the marks on his neck and the angle of the top of the W kept coming up as SMS. Don't ruin my hopes yet lol! Thanks for the warm welcome guys
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Here is a real one, notice the die marks on his neck. I also read that one of the 12 or so didn't have the "floating 4" dot.


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Its tough when there are over 273 million regular ones and only a dozen SMS ones.
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The marks on the neck are actually part of the design of the Kennedy half dollar.
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And again, as Alpha pointed, it has a Denver mintmark, so it's impossible to be SMS.
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