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One ear is very different on this 1997 D Kennedy half dollar   Any ideas or has anyone seen this before? Edited by Bigthudson73
10/03/2020 04:24 am
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 to the CCF! Can you post full images of both sides of the coin? I see the earlobe is different, I just want to see at least the full obverse. 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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If anyone knows anything about this I'm interested in knowing.
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Wow. This is not a coin. Do you have the weight and diameter of this item? So many details are wrong on this "coin" starting with the hair, ear/jaw and maybe a few dozen others on both sides. It's not even good enough to be called a counterfeit. Depending on the size, it may be a coaster. I got a set of US coin coasters about 10 years ago that had a $20 gold piece, Peace dollar, Kennedy half, Buffalo nickel, Mercury dime and even a 1909-S VDB cent. I think this may be from the same set. These aren't even good coasters as the condensation from your cold drink makes them stick to the bottom of the glass. Then as you go to take a drink, they fall off and break your toes. 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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10/05/2020 09:11 am
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It weighs 11.3 grams same exact size of a ordinary Kennedy,I did notice several things like his head is smaller,ear,hair,shine of the coin ect,what are you all thinking I'm stumped?
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It's not a real Kennedy half. It could be a novelty coin or a really poor counterfeit done for unknown reasons. Could you do a side by side image with a normal Kennedy half?  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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10/14/2020 06:56 am
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There have been so many hub changes done to the half dollar, the side by side needs to be done with one of the same date. That 1997 and the 1973 are from two different master hubs designs.
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I wonder it this could have been a coin that escaped from the recyclers that were scamming the US "Mutilated Coin Redemption Program" from the early 2010's? Here's an article. https://www.nj.com/news/2015/03/fed..._of_54m.html"Among the tip-offs for investigators was the number of half dollars coming in from China for redemption outpaced the total the U.S. Mint has made, they say." Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
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@Petespockets55 Wow! Thanks for posting the link to this story. I didn't know anything about this!
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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"'Interestingly, United States Mint personnel also believe that more half dollars have been redeemed by China-sourced vendors in the last 10 years than the United States Mint has ever manufactured in its history,' according to a forfeiture complaint..."
Sounds exaggerated. The mint has produced billions of halves.
"I've worked out a few statistics of my own. Fifiteen billion dollars in halves weighs 10,500 tons. Sixty men would take twelve days to load it onto 200 trucks. Now, at the most, you're going to have two hours before the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines move in and make you put it back. "
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