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Kennedy Error Coin perhaps...

CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Hey all...

I got this coin in circulation today. It is a 1973D Kennedy Half. It is definitely very circulated as far as condition goes. I noticed a line that runs along the coin in JFK's hair at the top. The line is perfectly in line with the roundness of the coin. Is this a mint error? If so is it anything special? I've put in two pics...one with flash and one without. I know the second picture makes it look like a recessed mark but when I look at it under my loop it looks like the line is raised. Thanks for yer help.

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,141 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Post mint damage--it would have to be raised, not indented, to be an error (die crack)
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Post mint damage--it would have to be raised, not indented, to be an error (die crack) >>



    Or, it could be indented and be a strike-thru. BTW, he said it looks like it is raised.

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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have a 5x loop and when I look at it with that the line definitely looks raised. Plus you can feel the line which leads me to think it is raised. The second photo makes it appear to be indented but if you look on the second photo the "BER" also look indented. Everything raised in that pic looks indented. What would cause this? Is it rare?
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I guess I just have a hard time believing it is post mint damage because it perfectly follows the curvature of the coin...perfect symetry between the line and the edge of the coin.
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ttt - anyone help on this one?
  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    Looks exactly like damage caused by the rolling machines.
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Good eye but simple explaination; rolling machine damage. The line is partially raise because as the coin's surface was cut the displaced metal rolled upward.
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  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Good eye but simple explaination; rolling machine damage. The line is partially raise because as the coin's surface was cut the displaced metal rolled upward. >>



    Exactly what I would have said - well, with different words.
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    You got some different words to describe the roller? Like what in the L do they call that doohickey that rolls the paper up and made the cut in the coin.
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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks guys, I really didn't know what it was. Is it worth holding onto as an "error" or should I just spend and keep it in circulation?
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    It's considered damaged Cladiator. Not an error since it didn't occur during the minting process. Sorry.
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  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    Dog97 - I was implying that I wouldn't have used the exact same words as you...that's all. The idea would be the same, the sentence would have come out differently. As for what that thingy is called, hellifiknow.
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Yeah I don't know much bout rolling machines either. I need to learn the proper noun nomenclature of the offending thingamabob I guess.
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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,645 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've heard this called a 'counter skid mark'. You could take that to mean the thingy that damaged the coin is caled a 'counter skid'. Or you could take it to mean the thingy which is part of the counting machine skidded across the surface of the coin. Either way, it is definitely post-mint damage as Dog97 and Coppercoins have already stated (in their own words image ).

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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    I learned what counting machine damage looks like by going through nickel roll. All the ones I have ever gotten are completely hacked up grooved and nasty. I stopped buying nickel rolls because of that.
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,631 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most coins will have one side which is concave and one that is convex. Generally
    until recently the convex side was the obverse and stuck up almost as high as the
    rim above the fields of the coin. If this side of the coin is forced against a surface
    and the coin is rotated there will be a very circular damage which occurs where ever
    hard, sharp material is against the coin. There are many kinds of coin rollers and
    counters which can cause various types of damage to coins but not all the circular
    scratches are caused by this equipment. There are many ways such damage occurs.

    The damage can occur on the concave side but is much less likely and if it does then
    it will tend to be closer to the center or closer to the rim.
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