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1975-1976 Red Clad Kennedy Half Dollar.

Gunnr88Gunnr88 Posts: 43 ✭
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I have a Kennedy Half that seems different. The clad is "reddish silver". I know what you are thinking the clad is missing, but I don't think it is. The coin is uncirculated and had a mint luster to it. Have a look!





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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,475 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Might just be my screen but I don't see anything special about it.

  • mvs7mvs7 Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now that you've found the secret "Red Clad" variety, you just need to find an example of the very, very rare "Blue Clad" so that you have a full set of Red, White and Blue clad Bicentennial Half Dollars.

  • Gunnr88Gunnr88 Posts: 43 ✭

    You are too funny, mvs7...but I am searching!!! Where's my blue sharpie???

  • Gunnr88Gunnr88 Posts: 43 ✭

    Maybe I have been staring at coins too long, it I am colorblind, JBK...Its hard to see it using my camera phone...but there is a different color too it.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,475 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It definitely could be toned that way. I see lots of unc. clad that is amber or light brownish. Or some nickel that is blue or greyish.

  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree. Looks toned.

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

    Lightly toned, that's all.

    Not an error of any conceivable kind.

    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
  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 24, 2018 2:25PM


    Red Snoop Dog

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,093 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FredWeinberg said:
    Lightly toned, that's all.

    Not an error of any conceivable kind.

    What Fred said.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • Gunnr88Gunnr88 Posts: 43 ✭

    I didn't say it was an error...just a different color...man...I feel like Rodney Dangerfield of the coin world. .

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

    No disrespect meant at all.

    It's just that when a circulation strike
    coin is posted with words saying it's
    a different color or tint, in 98.5% of the cases,
    it's because the OP believes it's an error.

    I made that assumption - if it was posted
    just because it was a different color, then
    my first sentence is still operative:

           It's lightly toned.
    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
  • Gunnr88Gunnr88 Posts: 43 ✭

    Its cool...I am an "infant" with all of this. I knew it wasn't an error but only thought silver coins "toned". Thats kinda why I posted it here...to get the knowledge. Its cool Fred. I didn't take it wrong.

  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Silver, nickel, copper, even gold coins can tone.

    Over time I think you'll stumble on many other silver clad coins with this appearance.
    Lance.

    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep... a tarnish variant.... spent some time somewhere with something in the environment or on the coin...I have seen some color variants while roll searching. Cheers, RickO

  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Also, make a note:

    Pictures taken thru 2X2 holders are useless.

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • Gunnr88Gunnr88 Posts: 43 ✭

    I usually take them out for pics...was basically just curious

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