This half dollar can only be a 1970-D, so why doesn't PCGS label it as such?
braddick
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I know the "0" is not visible, yet the mintmark is on the obverse; this one must be a 1970-D as it is also struck on a 40% planchet. I am curious as to why PCGS wouldn't state so on the insert. Other coins that are easily identifiable as to the date yet with the date worn off (like a Chain cent or a type 1 Buffalo nickel) will.
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Collectors CornerSM coin information: (data courtesy of PCGS.com *)
PCGS Coin #: 6713
PCGS Coin Description: 1970-D 50C
Mintage: 2,150,000
Grade: MS61
PCGS Population: * 3View
Population (in higher grades): * 7,698
PCGS Price Guide: * $8.00View
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Isn't a 70-D 40% silver? This one is probably clad. Why not 71-D, 72-D, 73-D, 74-D?...............
I think you may be misremembering the mintmark placement for copper-nickel clad Kennedy halves.
Edited to add ... the auction lot description is wrong. That's not a 40% Kennedy half.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
I'll send a quick email to Heritage. This one appears "as needed" on my Kennedy registry under the date 1970-D.
peacockcoins
Maybe it's my monitor but just going by the color, it's not silver.
Heritage doesn’t describe it as 40% silver. Why not check the details of the ad before making a post here or sending an email?
https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/197x-d-50c-kennedy-half-dollar-deep-struck-thru-debris-ms61-pcgs/a/60210-92249.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
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Under "Collectors Corner" is is listed as a 1970-D
https://www.collectors.com/setmatch/setmatchdetail?itemtypeid=1&compid=7035&compitemid=395670&setid=177665
peacockcoins
It's clad - If it were 40% silver, I would have seen the surface difference
immediately, and checked the edge.
It's from the early 70's, but not a 70-D
Silver clads were also accidentally struck in '71, '74, and '77. If it were one of those, then it would be quite the error
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It's clad. So maybe it's a 1970-D struck on a clad planchet instead.
Weren't the only clad half dollar planchets existing in 1970 the silver clad version?
Well, it was a joke. But, after all, look at those TWO 1968 quarters struck over Canadian silver quarters.
Has anyone weighed the Kennedy? Maybe it's on a Canadian half planchet.
Oops.
Sure, but silver Canadian quarters actually did exist in 1968.
Yes, but the quarters were from the 1950s. Lol
There must have been a few clad test planchets around in 1970.
Right, an edge picture, isn't that why PCGS redesigned their holder? (probably not, but it's worth a shot)
Fred alreadyconfirmed it's copper- nickel. We don't need an edge shot.
Sorry I ruffled your grumpy old feathers.......
I'm not at all ruffled, nor grumpy. Just saying that we have confirmation from the source.
Sorry I frayed your hypersensitive nerves.
Thats a clad, not silver clad
I still think it's Canadian.
Looks like a 71-D
Why 1971?
I was thinking 1971, too. That date seems to often come with a wide, flat rim.
The employees who are purposefully manufacturing errors at the Mints have got to stop making questionably dated errors like this one.
Pete
I agree with those saying it looks like a clad piece.
The coin is either a 1972 or 1973. There is a small piece of the last digit below the T in TRUST. Looks like it would be a 3 with the placement below the T.
Fred does PCGS's error certification yeah? He's seen it in hand right? Can't be 40%.
Even if it was 40%, it could still be a 71-D on a 40% planchet, theoretically.
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Die made from a different hub than 1970. Looks like a 1971-D from the wider rim.