1972-D Painted Kennedy Half - UPDATE

OAKSTAR

The coin is not in very good shape. The paint doesn't help.

The designer initials don't appear to be showing through the paint. If you were going to use solvent,........no, scratch that. If you were going to remove the paint, what would you do?

Vasanti

Soak it in acetone.

NickelMike

Acetone would work. Save the time and just spend it

Steven59

Paint the rest of it red and sell it on eBay!

Jimnight

Acetone should work.

AlanSki

Don’t pay an expert for free advice.

MWallace

Coins were painted in those days for a reason. For example, a bartender would use a painted coin in a jukebox to get things going in his bar. The hope was that customers would keep the jukebox going and hang out at the bar longer, thus drinking more. Then, when the jukebox owner came around to empty it, he could pick out the bar's coins easily and give them back to him. This "colorizing was done mostly on Quarters. For fun I used to pull all I found out of circulation. On my sampling, red was the most used color, followed by yellow, blue, and green.

ricko

Yep.. bar and diner coins.. back when there used to be juke boxes and even player machines at tables... So dining couples could select their music without leaving the table. Cheers, RickO

MarkKelley

The stars near the initials are too visible for it to be the no FG variety. Don't waste your time.

OAKSTAR

@MWallace said:
Coins were painted in those days for a reason. For example, a bartender would use a painted coin in a jukebox to get things going in his bar. The hope was that customers would keep the jukebox going and hang out at the bar longer, thus drinking more. Then, when the jukebox owner came around to empty it, he could pick out the bar's coins easily and give them back to him. This "colorizing was done mostly on Quarters. For fun I used to pull all I found out of circulation. On my sampling, red was the most used color, followed by yellow, blue, and green.

That's really interesting. Thanks for that! 👍🏻

Glen2022

@Steven59 said:
Paint the rest of it red and sell it on eBay!

be sure to set a high reserve or high BIN price, similar to those extremely rare dateless Buffalo Nickels for $400..

privatecoin

Oh just go at it with some paint thinner and some steel wool. It'll buff right out ...

Ownerofawheatiehorde

Hmm let me just get my paint out....

OAKSTAR

The acetone worked. The designer initials are there as well.

JBK

I'm actually shocked that the acetone worked that well. Good to know.

I had assumed it was enamel paint and would require a soak and scrubbing with paint solvent/thinner.

OAKSTAR

@JBK said:
I'm actually shocked that the acetone worked that well. Good to know.

I had assumed it was enamel paint and would require a soak and scrubbing with paint solvent/thinner.

I didn't know if it was enamel or acrylic but the acetone dissolved it.