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What happened to the obverse of this Kennedy Half?

jgoetz4jgoetz4 Posts: 41 ✭✭
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I recently picked up this Kennedy proof at an antique store. I paid $12 for it. I tried to take different angles on the obverse, to show the dull, flat look. There doesn't appear to be any hair lines. The reverse is a normal looking. Any idea what could have caused this? Thanks,
Jim!


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  • jgoetz4jgoetz4 Posts: 41 ✭✭

  • jgoetz4jgoetz4 Posts: 41 ✭✭

    Thanks Mr_Spud. I'm curious as to why someone would only do that to the obverse.

  • jgoetz4jgoetz4 Posts: 41 ✭✭

    Thanks JBK.

  • Mr_SpudMr_Spud Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 3, 2022 10:09AM

    @jgoetz4 said:
    Thanks Mr_Spud. I'm curious as to why someone would only do that to the obverse.

    Maybe they stopped when they saw how bad the obverse came out?🤔

    Mr_Spud

  • jgoetz4jgoetz4 Posts: 41 ✭✭

    @Mr_Spud said:

    @jgoetz4 said:
    Thanks Mr_Spud. I'm curious as to why someone would only do that to the obverse.

    Maybe they stopped when they saw how bad the obverse came out?🤔

    That would make sense, but why buff a proof in the first place? Thanks for the responses. Greatly appreciated :)
    Jim

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,867 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like it was pretty heavily tarnished. Someone thought they'd clean it up. :/

  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,597 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Buffed and/or polished with paste. I had done similar things to 1964 JFK half dollars when I was experimenting with coins in grade school back in the 1970s.

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,211 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TomB said:
    Buffed and/or polished with paste. I had done similar things to 1964 JFK half dollars when I experimented with coins in grade school back in the 1970s.

    How cool would it be, Tom, if you recognized this Kennedy has the coin you buffed!

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  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jgoetz4 said:

    @Mr_Spud said:

    @jgoetz4 said:
    Thanks Mr_Spud. I'm curious as to why someone would only do that to the obverse.

    Maybe they stopped when they saw how bad the obverse came out?🤔

    That would make sense, but why buff a proof in the first place? Thanks for the responses. Greatly appreciated :)
    Jim

    that is what some jewelry people do to improve their jewelry

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,418 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It may have been used in jewelry such as a belt buckle, necklace, or a bolo tie where only the obverse was exposed to view.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was looking through Kennedy halves the other day, and wondered the same thing ; only a different coin



  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,151 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now there's a slack jawed John F.
    Jim


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  • jgoetz4jgoetz4 Posts: 41 ✭✭

    @airplanenut said:

    @JBK said:
    It looks like it was pretty heavily tarnished. Someone thought they'd clean it up. :/

    It was @Ricko in the parlor room with the buffing wheel!

    Folks, I do apologize for not responding earlier, but I was just released from state prison lol :)
    Thanks to all the responses, however, it seems the evidence points to Ricko and his buffing wheel.
    Having said that, can we start the bidding on this unusual, one of kind, proof Kennedy @ $14? lol :)

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I did not do it... It wasn't me.... I tell you I am innocent!!! Innocent I say!! I want a lawyer.... :D;) Cheers, RickO

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,664 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If all else fails, lawyer up 🙂

  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,570 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It could have been mounted in something ornamental with the obverse exposed, over time it was polished, probably several times.

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