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Pillar of the Community
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While silver searching about a month ago and doing my weekly dump runs I came accross this 1990 half dollar that kept rejecting out of the coin machine. Didnt think much of it and tossed it in my pocket to spend somewhere. I threw it in a my change drawer and pulled it out a few days back and for some reason compared it to another half that was in the drawer. I noticed that it was a good bit smaller than the other half. It doesn't appear to be machined or "spooned" on the edges and the letter and date go all the way to the rim. It isn't misshaped or show any flow of metal that I have seen in other wrong planchet strikes. The reeded edge is intact and doesn't appear to be tampered with. I snapped a few pictures of it compared to another half that is well worn. I know one thing is to weigh it but I dont have a scale. If there is a possibility of this being on a wrong planchet, would it most likely be a SBA? It doesn't appear to be any thinner in width. Ideas? Obverse  Next to another half that was well worn(bottom of both are flush).  Side by side another half.  On top of other half showing size difference (other side is flush)  |
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Valued Member
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The difference in size doesn't seem great enough to have been struck on an SBA planchet. And the entire design still fits on the coin. Besides, SBA planchets would have been long gone by 1990, wouldn't they? Slot machines do crazy things to coins. Maybe it was that. Edited by hugemistake2003
03/24/2010 5:34 pm
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Quote:Besides, SBA planchets would have been long gone by 1990, wouldn't they? Not necessarily, because they were also minted in 1999. I am not sure if they had leftover planchets available for the 1999 run or not, but one has to consider it.  I do agree, it seems a little big to be an SBA planchet. We really need to know the weight of that 1990 Kennedy. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Is the reeded edge completely around the coin, or is part of the reeding missing?
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Pillar of the Community
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might it be a broadstrike?
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Pillar of the Community
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nevermind its smaller than a regular half right?
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The letters are really close to the edge. Someone may have ground it down and then re reeded it. I have seen a simple machine that does reeding before. look on youtube at all the Chinese counterfeit stuff, I think there is a video of someone doing it to some fake silver coins. I dont know why they would do it on a copper coin. maybe it was practice for a gold or plat coin ?
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Bedrock of the Community
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The reeding appears to be quite sharp, yet a smaller than normal coin can not have good reeding all the way around because by definition if it is smaller then it couldn't have reached the collar to create the reeding. So it must have been cut down for some reason and the re-reeded after it left the mint.
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Is the reeded edge completely around the coin, or is part of the reeding missing?
The reeding is completely around the coin. I compared it to another coin (a proof that hasnt seen much wear)and the reeding appears to be consistant. I know there is a good chance that someone altered it post-mint but I dont see any evidence of alteration. Guess next step is the weigh it and see if it matches any other planchet types. I intend to buy a scale in the near future. Thanks for the input. |
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Posted 03/24/2010 5:38 pm
