Interesting 1972 50c
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Found this 1972 Half dollar in a large auction lot I bought tonight, I was plucking out the face value coins
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and came across this. 
I weighed it at 11.39g
Also has a different feel than a clad half almost like pewter, no copper showing on edge and coin is thicker.
Has this coin possibly just been in a fire and I’m crazy?
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looks to be a 40% silver half
1972? Are any known?
Could be plated. Could be fake.
Might be a fake.
Have it tested at a jeweler or someone with a Sigma....Cheers, RickO
Silver has a distinctive sound.
Fake ... probably. It just looks off.
Weight is very very close to a normal cupronickel coin.
Probably. The weight is right for clad and it looks like it's been scorched and then hit with a Scotch-Brite pad. It would feel weird after that.
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50 cent coin.
Why would anyone bother to fake this coin?
@vplite99 said:
Why would anyone bother to fake this coin?
I can't answer that question.
You need to keep up with your counterfeiting news.
The Chinese (a few of them, anyway, not the whole country) were already caught forging huge volumes of coins that they would turn into the mint as damaged to get reimbursed.
Fake coins for circulation are a huge business in many countries.
Thanks everyone, I’m going to go with PMD and move on and spend it
The unusual appearance just caught my eye
You know JBK ... I did think of that Chinese mass counterfeiting ... after I posted my reply and just didn't edit my post.
Magicians coin possibly? I have several I have found in roll searching. Looks like a seam on the obverse. Tap it apart or throw it on a hard surface. Check to see if the OBV is rotated as well that will be a giveaway.
Let me know what you find.