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What happened to this Kennedy half dollar?

ProofModernsProofModerns Posts: 267
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What happened to this Kennedy half dollar? You can't tell in the picture, but it's a 2002-P. Is this one worth having PCGS slab?

Sorry for the picture quality, it's in one of those cardboard holders.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,211 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Probably a grease-filled die.
    TD
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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭
    Looks like it was struck through grease.
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    mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    A great example of Struck thru grease filled die...

    Are there any shiny spots/areas on the coin?
    Ray
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    ProofModernsProofModerns Posts: 267
    No shiny spots...

    So is this worth anything? Worth slabbing?
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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not worth slabbing -

    Put on Ebay in the Error section.
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    FLBuffaloHunterFLBuffaloHunter Posts: 3,127
    PCGS & NGC will only certify the struck-through grease mint error is there is major detail loss. ICG is the only one I know that will slab minor grease strike through's.
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    ProofModernsProofModerns Posts: 267
    Would this be considered major?

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