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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: 17,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    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.

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    Gunnr88Gunnr88 Posts: 43 ✭

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

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    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.

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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.

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    gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree. Looks toned.

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,025 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
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    KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 24, 2018 3:25PM


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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,832 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

    Not an error of any conceivable kind.

    What Fred said.

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    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. .

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,025 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
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    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.

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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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
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    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

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Also, make a note:

    Pictures taken thru 2X2 holders are useless.

    Frank

    BHNC #203

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    Gunnr88Gunnr88 Posts: 43 ✭

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

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