Mint Made Error?? Kennedy Half

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• COINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 18, 2017 12:03PM

  Looks like post mint damage to me.

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• seanq Posts: 8,733 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 18, 2017 1:39PM

  You should probably weigh it to be sure, if normal then struck through grease is the likely cause. If the coin is a little light then the planchet could have been artificially worn down after the strike. I don't think it is a thin planchet because the weak areas are not opposite each other.

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• MedalCollector Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 18, 2017 2:49PM edited March 18, 2017 2:50PM

  @seanq said:
  You should probably weigh it to be sure, if normal then struck through grease is the likely cause. If the coin is a little light then the planchet could have been artificially worn down after the strike. I don't think it is a thin planchet because the weak areas are not opposite each other.

  Sean Reynolds

  I would guess that it's likely not a struck through grease error. Struck through grease error coins typically have a fully formed design rim.

  There are aspects of this coin that look like a genuine struck on thin planchet error. The transition area between the weak and strong portions of the design rim look correct. In addition, some of the lettering and design has the appearance of metal flow, but I doubt this is the case. I agree with you that it is not struck on a thin planchet or a tapered planchet for the same reason that you note.

  Based on the photos, it is artificially worn or smoothed.

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 19, 2017 6:19AM

  It's been polished/buffed;
  Not an error....

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• Verno Posts: 327 ✭✭✭

  March 19, 2017 6:33AM

  Thanks, just weighed it, 11.4 grams....balance is probably Fred's buffed off metal.

  Appreciate all "weighing" in..regards, RJ

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