Is this Kennedy Half a die trial error?

Peaceman · December 9, 2011 5:52AM

commoncents05 · December 9, 2011 5:52AM

No. Struck through Grease. Note the strong rims.

-Paul

guitarwes · December 9, 2011 5:56AM

wow, dassalot of grease.

FredWeinberg · December 9, 2011 5:57AM

Paul is correct -
a fairly common filled die error;

A bit nicer than most because it's
on both sides, but I can tell the
reeding is full, so it's not a DAS

(die adjustment strike - a popular,
but not always accurate, term)

TomB · December 9, 2011 5:58AM

The strength of the rims makes me believe it is not a die trial, but rather struck through grease or something similar.

Peaceman · December 9, 2011 6:19AM

Thanks guys..... always learning...

19Lyds · December 9, 2011 6:33AM

Fairly impressive coin~!

Too bad about the roller gouges on the reverse.

Caleb · December 9, 2011 6:36AM

It looks like the date is "19R6" (P)

ProofArtworkonCircs · December 9, 2011 1:14PM

<<It looks like the date is "19R6" (P) >>

With that deep hair part I vote for 1996 versus 1986.

ricko · December 10, 2011 2:13AM

Interesting find..... not a great value, but certainly a curiosity.... Cheers, RickO

scotty1419 · December 10, 2011 2:18AM

It seems like 96 was a big date for these.

Unknown · December 10, 2011 2:34AM

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astrorat · December 10, 2011 6:15AM

<< <i>No. Struck through Grease. Note the strong rims.

-Paul >>

Yep...

johnny9434 · December 10, 2011 6:30AM

<< <i>wow, dassalot of grease. >>

SullivanNumismatics · December 10, 2011 7:23AM

As others have said, nope it's not a DAS but is a grease strike. DAS coins have a uniformity to their weakness across the design on both sides of the coin. Also, and this is the quickest way to tell, look at the coin's edge: a die adjustment strike will have a weak strike on it's edge-always. The weakness of the edge will be progressively weaker according to how correspondingly weak the obverse and reverse of the coin is. A grease strike or a coin that's struck through something will have a normally struck or perhaps even an abnormally strong strike on its edge.

Jon

Peaceman · December 10, 2011 7:28AM

Thanks again. I've found 3-4 one-sided grease filled die errors. Those sold for around $ 7- $ 12/ea. This is the first one I've found with both sides filled after searching approx. 544,000 halves...

Edited: It's a 1996.

cladking · December 10, 2011 8:23AM

<< <i>Paul is correct -
a fairly common filled die error;

A bit nicer than most because it's
on both sides, but I can tell the
reeding is full, so it's not a DAS

(die adjustment strike - a popular,
but not always accurate, term) >>

A lot of the DAS's are made when the press is winding down after being shut off, are they not?

SullivanNumismatics · December 10, 2011 1:29PM

They are, but it's impossible to prove that they all are, and in fact some of them are not, but instead where caused by other press malfunctions.

Jon

Is this Kennedy Half a die trial error?

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