Was someone at Whitman Publishing having some fun?

coindeuce · June 10, 2011 6:35AM

I stopped to take a close look at the promotional poster that we have in store for the 2012 Redbook, which is available. I wonder where they got the 2012-D Kennedy Half that is pictured below the '47 Walker half.

llafoe · June 10, 2011 6:39AM

They have DCarr on the payroll.

PTVETTER · June 10, 2011 7:07AM

good question ..

PerryHall · June 10, 2011 7:15AM

I'm sure the publisher's graphic artist has photoshop software.

JamesMurray · June 10, 2011 7:35AM

I had a lengthy thread recently about Whitmans photos and design , it isnt thought through i doubt. For example , the 2012 Half dollar is not even mentioned in the 2012 book so why suggest it is ? Coins only go to 2011,im looking at the 2012 red book now.

coindeuce · June 10, 2011 8:27AM

<< For example , the 2012 Half dollar is not even mentioned in the 2012 book so why suggest it is ? >>

I asked first.

CaptHenway · June 10, 2011 9:15AM

Let me set the Wayback Machine on forward and go see if them make any Kennedy halves next year......

TD

johnny9434 · June 11, 2011 7:09AM

<< Let me set the Wayback Machine on forward and go see if them make any Kennedy halves next year......

TD >>

yeah ya know a back to the future machine. but ours

Coinosaurus · June 11, 2011 7:46AM

Dentuck should be along shortly to explain it all........

ProofArtworkonCircs · June 12, 2011 3:16PM

I remember a Red Book or Blue Book of 60 or so years ago that was so bold as to list and price 1947 S and 1948 S halves.

frnklnlvr · June 12, 2011 8:48PM

<< I remember a Red Book or Blue Book of 60 or so years ago that was so bold as to list and price 1947 S and 1948 S halves. >>

I've got a 9th edition RB that lists a 1955-D Franklin.

Dentuck · June 28, 2011 9:02PM

"Dear Mr. Coindeuce: Please mail your 2012 Kennedy half dollar
to corporate headquarters, and we'll be happy to replace it with
a 2011 of equal or better grade."

Sorry for the delayed reply. I was on a family vacation when this
thread hit the board, and didn't read it until now. (Disney World, by
the way --- I haven't walked that much in 90-plus-degree heat
and humidity since that stint in the French Foreign Legion.)

A conspiracy theorist might immediately assume that the U.S. Mint
sends Whitman trial strikings of the next year's coins months
in advance. And that we have patterns, die trials, novodels,
splashers, mules, one-offs, and other numismatic delicacies
lying around the office. And that the art department accidentally
photographed a 2012 Kennedy half in 2011, thereby risking
exposure of the entire scenario.

But that would be impossible..... wouldn't it?

keyman64 · June 28, 2011 10:02PM

<< "Dear Mr. Coindeuce: Please mail your 2012 Kennedy half dollar
to corporate headquarters, and we'll be happy to replace it with
a 2011 of equal or better grade."

Sorry for the delayed reply. I was on a family vacation when this
thread hit the board, and didn't read it until now. (Disney World, by
the way --- I haven't walked that much in 90-plus-degree heat
and humidity since that stint in the French Foreign Legion.)

A conspiracy theorist might immediately assume that the U.S. Mint
sends Whitman trial strikings of the next year's coins months
in advance. And that we have patterns, die trials, novodels,
splashers, mules, one-offs, and other numismatic delicacies
lying around the office. And that the art department accidentally
photographed a 2012 Kennedy half in 2011, thereby risking
exposure of the entire scenario.

But that would be impossible..... wouldn't it? >>

coindeuce · June 28, 2011 10:23PM

Dear Mr. Dentuck - that would be Agent Coindeuce to you. I'm watching you from the grassy knoll.

ricko · June 28, 2011 10:46PM

You are now entering... the Twilight Zone....

Cheers, RickO

Dentuck · June 28, 2011 11:04PM

It's a nightmare trying to make change for the vending machine
when all you have is a pocket full of half dimes, a bunch of pattern
two-cent pieces, and some old galvanos.

CaptHenway · June 28, 2011 11:26PM

<< It's a nightmare trying to make change for the vending machine
when all you have is a pocket full of half dimes, a bunch of pattern
two-cent pieces, and some old galvanos. >>

Is that a galvano in your pocket or.....
Never mind!

Was someone at Whitman Publishing having some fun?

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