I Am Wondering What May Have Caused This Damage? (1964 Kennedy Half Dollar)

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HumbleUser New Member United States 23 Posts	Posted 09/18/2021 7:46 pm any information would be appreciated. The damage is on a Kennedy half Dollar. * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * the coin with the damage is on the far right. Edited by HumbleUser 09/18/2021 8:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34410 Posts	Posted 09/18/2021 7:50 pm @humble, first welcome to CCF. Second, I agree that it is damage, but note that it is often quite hard to definitively know what specifically causes damage. It looks to me like the letter O took a hit which smeared some metal toward the letter D, but I have no idea of the circumstances. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
HumbleUser New Member United States 23 Posts	Posted 09/18/2021 7:55 pm thank you for the warm welcome. does the smearing of metal happen while the metal is wet or is this common when someone hits a coin with a hammer or something? Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34410 Posts	Posted 09/18/2021 8:18 pm Ok yes good question. During the striking process, the metal discs that form coins are solid metal, but are "squished" in a die to make the designs. The damage that you are pointing out would have happened after that process. As you likely know, your coin is silver so definitely still worth saving. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Oldfordman Pillar of the Community United States 2869 Posts	Posted 09/18/2021 8:36 pm I agree with the above. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/18/2021 8:45 pm The coin condoms create glare and they are too small to see what you do have. They need to be sized more like this: Report this Post to the Staff
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