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Lauralee1954 New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 04/11/2021 11:46 am I have been looking through Kennedy half dollars. Many of them have a spot made by a marker (red or black) right in the middle of the ear. I have found too many of them for this to be a one off by a lone collector. Does anyone know why someone would do this? Report this Post to the Staff

ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19113 Posts	Posted 04/11/2021 12:00 pm Not 100% certain, but I'm thinking a Kennedy searcher has gone through them, marking them as they went. Don't know what the color differentiation means. A few years ago I was going through several rolls of halves and close to 20% of them had a heavy black sharpie mark on them. Some will say the marks are made by servers receiving tips. Not convinced that's the case given that halves aren't that heavily used in day-to-day commerce--especially when the marks were appearing on later 70s/early 80s coins. Edited by ijn1944 04/11/2021 12:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 04/11/2021 1:55 pm This is sometimes done by roll hunters in order to avoid searching the same lot twice. I'm guessing the different colors don't mean anything, but were done either by two different searchers or by the same person on different occasions. Report this Post to the Staff
Reedbeard08 Valued Member United States 143 Posts	Posted 04/11/2021 10:59 pm I've ran into a couple of rolls with many pieces marked also. More than a bit frustrating to see a streak of any sort across coins, much less an intentional one... Report this Post to the Staff
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