What Is This Error? Enquiring Minds Wanna Know (1986 Kennedy Half Dollar)

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Just_Me New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 12:51 pm Any idea what kind of an error this is? The letters appear to go right off the edge, but inside the collar. This goes all the way around the coin (reverse only). Any idea what it's worth, retail? 1986 P Kennedy half dollar (circulated) * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 12:55 pm to CCF. Looks like a worn die issue to me, not an error. Value 50¢ John1 Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19150 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 1:06 pm I agree--die deterioration, well advanced. Report this Post to the Staff
Yokozuna Pillar of the Community United States 4618 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 1:24 pm to the CCF! It looks like something akin to a Ridge Ring or Plating Ridge. As the dies are used past what should be their useful working life, the edge of the die becomes distorted and a ridge like this can form. It effects the field as well as any lettering in that area on the resulting struck coins. While I have seen coins like this called an "error" by a Third Party Grader, they really aren't. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 1:35 pm I wonder if this is coin damage? Try placing another coin on that area to see if it fits? Report this Post to the Staff
Just_Me New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 1:37 pm I was reading a blog and found this about a coin in similar condition .... "Letters that "run off" the edge of an in-collar strike are most often caused by a horizontal misalignment of the hammer die. On rare occasions, a first-strike counterbrockage will include peripheral letters that are cut off along the edge of the coin." Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 2:35 pm I was going by the fields moving towards the rim. That is what I noticed as different about this coin. 10 Edited by coop 04/12/2021 2:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 3:10 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 4:57 pm Not a mint error. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95740 Posts	Posted 04/12/2021 7:24 pm to CCF Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
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