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Edited by Dough101
10/27/2025 3:54 pm
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A 40% silver half dollar (1965-1970) is 11.5g. A mass of 11.38g is a -1% difference, well within tolerance. The edge of your coin will be silver, possibly with two faintly different colors of silver.
The Mint didn't even make a cupronickel clad half dollar until 1971.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yep, well within tolerances. The mark on the T is probably a hit from PMD. Errers and Varietys.
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The word on the metal said "Facio/Fucio"
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Did I lose money? How do we know, you didn't say how much you paid for it!  |
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Quote:How do we know, you didn't say how much you paid for it!  true that. What did you pay? (since you brought it up) |
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I paid for .4997 grams of silver, not .4552 grams.
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11.38 grams X 0.40= 4.552 grams
11.5 grams X 0.40= 4.997 grams
Did I lose money? The good news is that you only lost -1% of silver. The bad news is that you got a C- on that math test.  |
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1% that is a lot,  |
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I paid for .4997 grams of silver, not .4552 grams. A mint state 1965 Kennedy half dollar contains 4.6 grams of silver (11.5 g X 0.400). If you paid for .4997 g of silver you got a great deal. If you thought that there would be 4.997 g of silver in this coin, you need to work on your math before buying more coins. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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I think this is what I meant. @ 11.5g= .4997 of silver vs 11.38g= .4552  |
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.4997 of silver .4997 what? Grams? Troy ounces? Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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11.5g of silver would be =0.149 troy ounces.
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Posted 10/27/2025 4:15 pm
