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Any idea what this could be? I found 2 coins like this in a roll of 71 D most of which seem to have some sort of issue (polishing lines, weak strikes, partial FG's, one with just a partial G). The surface is raised / metal running through "LF DOLL" in half dollar.Some pics with diff lighting below. The obverse just has polishing lines and appears to be grease filled on the lower portions of the date (1971). Thanks    |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Richard,
Thanks for the pic. After you replied I googled and did NOT find anything except a "S" mint mark classified as a clash error (did not see a pic).
Do you know if this is rather common for 71D and is there any sort of premium for this clash? The coins are in BU category.
Thanks again.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I would agree, die clash. It would be better though if you were to make the overlay picture with the same date as the subject coin because on the 2010 you used Kennedy's head is smaller than on the 1971 issues. That is why the clash on his coin shows passing through the lettering while on the overlay the top edge of the head passes below the lettering.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I would hang onto it for now. Always nice for educational images. Die clashes happen on most dies. But this is the first one I've seen on a Kennedy half. To a collector of these it might be worth a modest premium. The stronger the clash the more interest in them. On the Lincoln Cent series you will find a lot of them, but the jail house cents bring a large premium. The others add little premium or none. So it depends on who is interested in them to get much of a premium. I still save the larger ones just in case I need an image or someone wants to trade. |
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I am surprised that this has not showed up before. As one dealer told me may be during my son's life time folks would realize there was more to jfk halfs than just silver.  Like you I have saved off a few JFK halfs that have different things going on (mostly 71 to 74 and the 82p no fg's). |
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Thanks chuckster. I followed that person's story and ended up on this link. http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/conte...DblClash.htmBased on the above link I have the "back of the head" as well as the "nose" clash on the other 71D (not pictured here). The pictured one on the OP has the "head clash". Edited by Ceylon62
11/13/2010 1:25 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice images. You don't see these too often though. But it keeps us looking.
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Thanks for the images. Unfortunately, (and I think cent hunters who look for S-mints and WAMs will agree) edge searching leaves all these gems out in the rough. When I search through a box, I only look closer at a "BU edge" and never at the obviously circulated ones. Kills me to think of the simple-to-identify die errors and doubled die pieces that I've ignored inadvertently/
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Great links in this chain - thanks everyone!
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