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Renren54 this Ken has a different shade of color can I get a Lil help as why

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  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Assuming you already know, but just staying the obvious, the 1964 Kennedy half is 90% silver. This was the only date that was struck in 90%. If you've been collecting long enough, it's easy to spot many circulated silver coins, even at a distance. That being said, I don't see anything in your pics that is unusual

    The chemical reaction causing toning for the 90% coins is different from the 75Cu25Ni clad halves. The 1965-1970 40% halves actually use an 80% silver outer cladding layer, but even those sometimes look a little different than the 90%

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  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not enough caffeine my eyes are blurry. :D

  • Yes I've had them all wrapped up sence my uncle gave them to me back in 1966 for a birthday present but its the only one with this shade mabe it got more circulation the other 10 are very shiny but they are 64s as well and I just came across them in the one of the closet stored at my mom's with my old toys kinda threw me off hahaha
    uncle

  • I'm trying to figure out somthing better to look at my coins as well mabe my eyes getting to tired and I think I see something els hard to look at with my phone and mag glass can ya give me ideas on something better thats not cost alot and thank you for the help im learning a lot here i just started looking at all the stuff I saved over the years ..when my wife said i mite find something with worth in my junk as she calls it hahaha

  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Absolutly the best way, or maybe a new way to apreciate you collection.
    Easly set up 5 min. ( A no brainer even)
    COST: $25.00 us
    1. micro camera, $20.00...on line
    2. Dollar Store:
    A metal paper towel dispencer...to use as a tower, (for your camera which is tubeular),
    for up and down position as to get as much of coin or as little,(Thus MICRO)
    This will cost you $ 1.00
    Sponges... To use as a soft , thick, sponge to keep your camera away from the tower to have space to move coin around
    Note: you need to make... a stage... out of thick card board at the base of paper towel dispencer.
    This will cost you $1.00
    3. Lastly... A C clamp. We all know what that is right ?
    If not its a hardware store item. Its a metal band with a screw adjustment for clamping
    a tubelar camera on a paper towel dispencer with sponges to soften the clamping
    This will cost you $ 1.36 , depending where you are. Lol
    Here's the Heart of the set up:

                                                 Camera goes into your computer,Lap top or what ever, live photos are on your smart TV, THE BIGGER THE BETTER.
                                                 Also you need a USB standard cable from computer to TV , check distance for the best viewing and get the lenght needed
                                                 Cost: $ 7.00 - ?
                                                 No downloading at all.
                                                 Now the only extra cost could be New Fire Sticks @ whatever cost.
                                                 The other beautiful part of this is the fact you dont handle you collection unless nessary.
    
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