40% silver or clad Kennedy half dollar??.$??
Erikb
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I will post 2 pics both from the same date and from mint sets. Tell me what you are seeing.
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The one in the middle is a different set than the same set of the top and bottom pictures… I did weigh each Denver package and there was a difference in weight, next am most likely going to be cutting them open for an accurate weight.
Can you show a full picture of the front of the set with the coin you suspect is clad? Maybe a side-by-side comparison, too.
Put it next to a 40% silver JFK (1965 - 1970) and post the photo the 2 JFK's side by side.
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I'm confused.... what am I missing? Aren't 1970 half dollars clad... with silver? The picture looks like a 40% silver clad half dollar to me.... but what do I know. Been a long day.
Are you thinking the middle one is NOT a clad? The edges are sometimes deceptive... might look like silver, but can still be clad. If you are thinking it is a 90% coin, yes, the only way to really tell is opening and weighing the coin.
I am no great expert but have seen quite a few edge differences on 40% clads, mint set or not. Just weigh the coin, although there are even some weight tolerance differences..Weight for 40% should be 11.50 gms vs. 12.50 for 90%. I tend to doubt there were a lot of 90% blanks floating around & weighing a whole sheet of mint set coins is a bit imprecise TBH.
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1970 clad with 40% silver.
I have seen the 40% clad Kennedy halves with edges that showed no copper... Weight will be the answer. Let us know what you find. Cheers, RickO
That's what it is, as no clad Halfs were made in 1970.
Pete
The 40% clad is net, of 80% silver / 20% copper outer layers and 79% Copper / 21% Silver core. Thus isn't not as clear as the copper-nickel class with their pure copper core.
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To me one edge looks more like a no silver clad, and the other one looks more like a 90%. I wanted to see what others who have seen more of these coins then I have would say before cutting open is really all. So I guess I am going to cut them open tomorrow.
@BStrauss3.. after reading your comment it does look more like a regular 1970 on the one set
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The outer layers on 40% silver half dollars are actually 80% silver.
The color of the metal on both half dollars in this picture shows a whiter color than the quarters and dimes.
So it looks like both half dollars are the normal 40% silver.
An XRF test should be able to penetrate the plastic and detect the surface composition.
So I would say get it tested if you can.
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Well we’ll well…
My plan is to have some experts take a look at it at the show hopefully at the @PCGS booth. They are willing to take a look at it and then go from there..
I'm confused. That coin weighs exactly what it should. It's a standard 40% silver Kennedy half dollar.
The edge coloring is always variable.
Here's a stack of 40% halves.
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Nah ma boi 11.5g= 40% halfs
ok then.
Yeah ok then..
There is no down side to seeing if pcgs will look at it free of charge. Thanks for everyone’s input I appreciate it
But a 90% is 12.5. He was claiming that one is 90% and the other is Cu-Ni clad when they ask weigh the same on his scale.
Yeah that edge did look more like a 90%
I didn’t post a pic of the other one on the scale cuz it’s spot on weight tolerance for a 1970 half dollar
The one in the picture on the scale is the one I was saying looked like Cu-Ni clad no silver half dollar. And its weight isn’t in tolerance of a normal 40% 1970 half. Sorry for the confusion
Could you photograph it side by side with a copper nickel clad? You shouldn't have to look at the edge. The color of the CuNi is very different then the silver: grey vs white. The coin in the photo looks far too white to be CuNi.
The weight is within tolerance of + or - .4 grams.
11.5 is the standard minus .4 would be 11.1 grams.
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Ahh yes that’s right, idk why I was thinking it was a lot less weight tolerance wise. I should have checked on that subject again. But they are in weight tolerance of both a 40% and a Cu-Ni… my hopes are less wishful being the coin is a little whiter then a Cu-Ni.
Thank you for the weight tolerance clarification sir. 👍🤙
Has there ever been a '65 - 90% silver half found?
Just ask'n
bob
Who knows, but reverse transitional off metal errors are rare im sure. Depending on how bad you want to know maybe start your own discussion(: