Is this Kennedy Half a die trial error?

Peaceman

commoncents05

No. Struck through Grease. Note the strong rims.

-Paul

guitarwes

wow, dassalot of grease.

FredWeinberg

Paul is correct -
a fairly common filled die error;

A bit nicer than most because it's
on both sides, but I can tell the
reeding is full, so it's not a DAS

(die adjustment strike - a popular,
but not always accurate, term)

TomB

The strength of the rims makes me believe it is not a die trial, but rather struck through grease or something similar.

Peaceman

Thanks guys..... always learning...

19Lyds

Fairly impressive coin~!

Too bad about the roller gouges on the reverse.

Caleb

It looks like the date is "19R6" (P)

ProofArtworkonCircs

<<It looks like the date is "19R6" (P) >>

With that deep hair part I vote for 1996 versus 1986.

ricko

Interesting find..... not a great value, but certainly a curiosity.... Cheers, RickO

scotty1419

It seems like 96 was a big date for these.

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astrorat

<< <i>No. Struck through Grease. Note the strong rims.

-Paul >>

Yep...

johnny9434

<< <i>wow, dassalot of grease. >>

SullivanNumismatics

As others have said, nope it's not a DAS but is a grease strike. DAS coins have a uniformity to their weakness across the design on both sides of the coin. Also, and this is the quickest way to tell, look at the coin's edge: a die adjustment strike will have a weak strike on it's edge-always. The weakness of the edge will be progressively weaker according to how correspondingly weak the obverse and reverse of the coin is. A grease strike or a coin that's struck through something will have a normally struck or perhaps even an abnormally strong strike on its edge.

Jon

Peaceman

Thanks again. I've found 3-4 one-sided grease filled die errors. Those sold for around $ 7- $ 12/ea. This is the first one I've found with both sides filled after searching approx. 544,000 halves...

Edited: It's a 1996.

cladking

<< <i>Paul is correct -
a fairly common filled die error;

A bit nicer than most because it's
on both sides, but I can tell the
reeding is full, so it's not a DAS

(die adjustment strike - a popular,
but not always accurate, term) >>




A lot of the DAS's are made when the press is winding down after being shut off, are they not?

SullivanNumismatics

They are, but it's impossible to prove that they all are, and in fact some of them are not, but instead where caused by other press malfunctions.

Jon