Kennedy Half Dollar dated 1971 with P MInt mark

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Israelicoins
Israelicoins Posts: 10 ✭
edited April 27, 2022 7:59AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Good evening to all,
I'm an italian coin collector from Trento. I registerd about one year ago but never posted messages at today.I've been starting a collection of Kennedy's half dollars by years and Mints, a few months ago.
Some days ago I found a very scarce piece dated 1971 never seen, struck in Cupro-Nickel with a small P (for Philadelphia MInt) under JFK bust instead of the common D (for Denver MInt. I did a lot of researches but I didn't find any information or similar pieces on the web, neither on my coin catalogs.
I'd like to know if there is somebody that knows this coin and can help me with some information.
Furthermore ,if you need I could provide also a clear picture of the coin in a few days as I'm waiting my new reflex. Thanks a lot at the moment. Juan

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  • privatecoin
    privatecoin Posts: 3,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Photos?

    Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

  • CoinHoarder
    CoinHoarder Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    :)

  • BuffaloIronTail
    BuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here you go.

    Pete

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  • Israelicoins
    Israelicoins Posts: 10 ✭
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    Hi, yes I know this type but mine has a small letter P under the JFK bust, never seen....

  • Israelicoins
    Israelicoins Posts: 10 ✭
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    This is mine, not the best picture but you can see the little P

  • cmerlo1
    cmerlo1 Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Based on its overall appearance, your coin is a counterfeit.

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  • stevefromne
    stevefromne Posts: 143 ✭✭✭
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    Altered date or counterfeit ; the striking diagnostics are more similar to issues from 1995 to the present than the 1971 issue.

    https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1971-50c/6716

  • Israelicoins
    Israelicoins Posts: 10 ✭
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    I understand, I will also have to check the weight but the coin is not in my hands now because I am moving home and I have no possibility to take it and weigh it now but I will do it as soon as possible. Thank you at the moment.

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,877 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It is fake mo matter what it weighs. It has the general detail and relief of the later (1990s) issues.

    A neat coin and maybe worth several dollars atleast, to a collector of modern counterfeits.

  • Israelicoins
    Israelicoins Posts: 10 ✭
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    I think you're really right as I just found now an article on "COINtalk about a similar and pictured type described as a fake.

  • ricko
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    @Israelicoins ... Welcome aboard. Your coin is definitely a counterfeit Kennedy half dollar. Even the image of JFK has many points that differ from an original (Hair on top of head totally wrong, eyes and mouth not right etc.). Cheers, RickO

  • jonathanb
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    It has the look of a 3-inch-diameter novelty piece

  • jesbroken
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    Hair is awful, unlike any Kennedy half I know of. Definitely a counterfeit.
    Jim


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  • Aspie_Rocco
    Aspie_Rocco Posts: 3,872 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 28, 2022 12:34PM
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    This is kind of neat, a modern counterfeit of an average coin. I am curious why someone would even bother to do this. It would make a great conversation piece. Oddly it looks more like Reagan than Kennedy.

    https://www.autismforums.com/media/albums/acrylic-colors-by-rocco.291/

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,877 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'd be curious about what the edge looks like.

  • smalltime
    smalltime Posts: 178 ✭✭✭
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    the anemic neck of the chicken on the reverse is interesting.

  • Che_Grapes
    Che_Grapes Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have seen this before - it’s a JFK “token” with Ronald Reagan on the obverse. I don’t think it was meant as a counterfeit as much as a novelty.

  • Steven59
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    That poor eagle looks more like a Wild Turkey :)

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  • LanceNewmanOCC
    LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2, 2022 4:48PM
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    when you see crap like this ladies and gentlemen, make no mistake about it; it is no.....holds.....barred!

    anyone remember seeing common-date wheats/mems on alibaba years ago?

    7 billion people with a lot of time on our hands, each and every day.

    i ALMOST posted it to just have a laugh but we've all seen enough crap that i found it unnecessary. yes, a jefferson nickel made of plastic with the word COPY in huge letters on it. (found in the spare tire compartment on the inside back part of the van along the wall,not the floor) i guess i shouldn't complain TOO much since it at least had copy on it in raised letters, incused are preferred. someone could grind down those letters and try to pass it off as a rare plastic ddo, never seen before. :D

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  • 19Lyds
    19Lyds Posts: 26,523 ✭✭✭✭
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    @jedm said:
    Is it just me or does that look more like a young Ronald Reagan than J.F.K.?

    Not IMO.

    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



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  • GiveMeProof
    GiveMeProof Posts: 706 ✭✭✭✭
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    It does look like Reagan.

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