Another Trip to the bank and LOOK at this half!

MadMarty

First bag.. $400 in halves

2-Walkers
1-Frankie
4-1964 Kennedy's
9-40% Silver Kennedy's
2-Mexico 1 peso coins
1-Mexico 1987 500 peso coin
2-Mexico 10 peso coins
1-Mexico 1988 1000 peso coin
2-Mexico 20 Centavos
1-Guatamala 1 Quetzal coin
1-England 50 pence
1-Mayalsia 50 sen
1-50 something in an asian language
1-50 cent casino chip
1-France 5 Franc
1-watch back
1-strange Kennedy half (see pic)


Strange half on left, regular half on right
Also $400 in Rolled Halves:
2-40% Silver Halves
1-1980-S Proof Half

drsvenghali

I've been "mining" silver halves from a local casino. Found quite a few proofs lately. The slots aren't kind to the mirrored surfaces.

perfectstrike

Nice Marty. Looks like it was struck on the wrong planchet. An Ike maybe?

perfectstrike

IndianHeadMan

Where do you live marty?

indianabyron

Actually it looks kinda like it could be the first hits on a cap die. The rims look to be starting to dish up like they do with a cap die. But it would be cool if it was struck on a ike .

Byron

MadMarty

<< <i>Where do you live marty? >>


Right on the outskirts of Troll island!!! Actually the Chicago area

As for the 74 half, at first I thought someone had worked on it. The rim is twice the thickness all the way around. I don't have a scale, I'd love to weigh it to see if it is the same weight as a half.

JeffinMich

Looks like someone took a hammer to the rim on the first one. Same weight?

nwcs

Do a simple balance for the weight. Find a sturdy flat board and place it atop a pencil half-way in the middle. Then put the coins on both ends. If it doesn't tip, it's the same weight. Roughly speaking, of course. I really doubt it's an ike planchet. I bet it's been helped to look that way. Although a picture of the rim would help.

What dates walkers did you find?

MrKelso

Wow a watch back? Boy the banks sure do take in a lot of weird stuff at times.

coppercoins

That 1974 half is a hammered coin...just as JeffinMich said. Someone hammered in the rims from the edges. That's not a mint error.

Cam40

To think,Theres some guy walking around out there with a Kennedy Half on the back of his watch.

Cool You got one of them Timex Halfs huh.Rare find that one.

MadMarty

Here is a scan of the rim

hughesm1

That reeding pattern is much too fine for a half.

Elcontador

You might want to re-check those 500 & 1000 peso coins. The Mexican peso has traded between 9 & 10 for the U.S. dollar for the last few years and I don't believe they've issued 500 or 1000 peso coins for circulation. Also, I don't think they've had any kinds of devaluations a la Argentina of the 1970s.

Those coins could be Ecuadorian Sucres or Paraguayan Guaranís.

MadMarty

The 500 & 1000 pesos are the old ones, the 10 pesos are worth about a buck each...

GaCoinGuy

You sure do seem to find a lot of darkside stuff in those rolls and bags, what do you do with it all?


I only wish I had the cash on hand to do that kind of searching myself.........

MadMarty

<< <i>You sure do seem to find a lot of darkside stuff in those rolls and bags, what do you do with it all? >>



I have a jar I put it in. Like I tell everyone, I'm not a packrat. I'm a collector....