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1964 silver Kennedy half dollar

I have several of these but this one has a different color to it, it also has a different 4. As well as some doubling I believe on the reverse. Any idea if this of any value or just a cool find? I'm 3 months in to this and this one has me pondering. Thanks in advance!





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  • GreenstangGreenstang Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    First, do not use screen shots, they are too pixilated to see fine detail.
    Not sure what you mean by a different 4 , it looks normal. Also I do not
    see any sign of doubling. Coins can change to many colours, depending
    on the environment they have been exposed to. I don’t see anything that
    would add a premium to your coin. Sometimes if you increase the size of
    the photo enough, you can see all sorts of anomolies. TPG’s only use a 5X
    loop to look at coins so anything that shows up larger than that is irrelevant.

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,815 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The doubling shown in the photos of the reverse is from ‘mechanical doubling’,
    Which is not considered an error – good observation, but it’s not significant

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
    for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 5,886 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like it is just in need of a dip to rid it of the nasty. I recommend The Weiman's. RGDS!

  • Thank you, again I'm learning. I have no idea why the pictures uploaded like that as it wasn't a screenshot but me taking a picture of my microscope screen. I appreciate all the feedback! Hoping to find something valuable one day, back to picking 🙃

  • CregCreg Posts: 411 ✭✭✭✭

    @Mrojas1 said:
    Thank you, again I'm learning. I have no idea why the pictures uploaded like that as it wasn't a screenshot but me taking a picture of my microscope screen. I appreciate all the feedback! Hoping to find something valuable one day, back to picking 🙃

    Welcome. That is what he means, it is a photograph of a computer screen.

  • Gotcha! Will upload them from the computer next time, thanks!

  • bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 3,900 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mrojas1 said:

    Hoping to find something valuable one day, back to picking 🙃

    Aren't we all!

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