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Edited by arby96
03/30/2023 10:26 pm
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Standard clad quarter stock was 5.67g - ?  |
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If it ws struck on a quarter planchet, the outer design elements would be falling off the edge all the way around the permiter.
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Edited by Halo1st
03/30/2023 7:34 pm
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way too heavy to have been a quarter planchet
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Okay I didn't take into consideration that in 1968 Quarters are not silver. My bad. So my statement is incorrect that is could be quarter stock unless there were still silver quarter stock still around the mint during the minting of this coin. Most likely Not! This is not caused by coin wear. There is too much detail on this coin to say its weight is due to wear. Now I haven't myself heard of Half Dollar stock being rolled thinner than other stock. That could be the case.. I am only guessing and I was wrong for sure because I didn't take the date of this coin into consideration when think it could be quarter stock. I'm still learning here, trying to understand.
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Edited by arby96
03/30/2023 10:33 pm
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I did a bit of searching and found a reference that said the US mint made 1 Colon coins in copper-nickel for Costa Rica (Philadelphia) and 50 cent coins in CU/NI for Liberia (San Francisco) in 1968. Specs are close to your coin. I did not find a reference to Denver mint though.
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I'm in the "rolled thin" camp. No other coins of that era were 40% silver, so it must be an underweight half-dollar planchet.
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Well the half dollars from 1965-1970-D were part silver stock. The normal quarter those years were just normal clad stock. So the edge will not show the copper layer those years.   So it has a normal planchet stock for that year.  |
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So Coop, Do you think its just half stock rolled thinner than other stock. Is this considered a mint error?
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Yes Arby, you has the answer already (two forums)
Is more a tiny planchet, happened.
Edited by silviosi
03/31/2023 9:36 pm
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Actually Silviosi, no one has definitively stated for sure this coin is struck on a thinly rolled planchet made for half dollars, on either forum. Also I'm trying to find out if this is a common occurrence and if its is considered a mint error. I have pulled approximately 8500 silver half dollars out of circulation and have searched over 2,070,000 half dollars and never seen one like this that may be struck on thin stock. I have pulled a 1971 struck on quarter stock. Again, my goal is to learn what happened, how rare are these types of verities, and if its considered a mint error. Thank you for your input though.
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I know you was on other forums. What you have it is the only possibility for your coin. Those are not errors.
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I agree with all of the above. Normal half dollar coin. Keep searching.  |
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Posted 03/30/2023 7:22 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
