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WIZARD1
Penny Sorter Member
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 Posted - 03/24/2009 : 07:17:35
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Found a 1976 kennedy looks like proof but no s mark not sure if someone just painted it silver was there any 76 proofs without s mark thanks
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wagsthadog
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2009 : 11:00:44
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Hi there-
Try dropping it on the ground with a 40%. If they sound the same, it could be silver. If not, paint!!
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2009 : 11:57:14
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| I wonder if someone might have either cleaned the heck out of it to make it look really shiny or if the coin was electroplated to make it look like a silver 40% coin. Can you post a pic? |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2009 : 14:08:49
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I've found '76 Proofs, they have an "S".
I've found one 90% '76 (beat to heck) it didn't have a mint mark.
So... I'm guessing Philly minted the special 90% Ag srtike for the Bicentennial. |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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myfundsarelow
Penny Collector Member
USA
388 Posts |
 Posted - 03/24/2009 : 17:01:09
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| welcome W1, The 1976, 1976D,1976S half dollar was made in clad unc. WEIGHT is 11.1000 G. Also made in 40% silver were the 1976 S independence hall reverse unc. the 1976 s proof. Unc.. & proof weigh 11.5000g. 40%silver hope this helps you PEACE! |
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2009 : 19:16:16
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Originally posted by Computer Jones
I've found '76 Proofs, they have an "S".
I've found one 90% '76 (beat to heck) it didn't have a mint mark.
So... I'm guessing Philly minted the special 90% Ag srtike for the Bicentennial.
Never heard of a 90% bicentennial. Have any more information on it? How do you know yours is 90%? |
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WIZARD1
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2009 : 03:38:36
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| Thanks for the info myfundsarelow |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2009 : 06:09:22
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Originally posted by WIZARD1
Found a 1976 kennedy looks like proof but no s mark not sure if someone just painted it silver was there any 76 proofs without s mark thanks
I don't think so. Proof strikes and silver strikes will have the "S" mint mark. Pretty sure....
Deal
p.s. Periods..... Punctuation.... Please.... |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2009 : 18:19:25
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Originally posted by highroller4321
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Originally posted by Computer Jones
I've found '76 Proofs, they have an "S".
I've found one 90% '76 (beat to heck) it didn't have a mint mark.
So... I'm guessing Philly minted the special 90% Ag srtike for the Bicentennial.
Never heard of a 90% bicentennial. Have any more information on it? How do you know yours is 90%?
No sandwich line like 40%'ers, I've looked with 10x and 25x loupes.
It "rings" like a 90% coin not like a 40% clad when flipped or bounced on a wood block. |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2009 : 18:26:09
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| Far as i know there are no 90% ikes..You should weigh it |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2009 : 21:40:21
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Originally posted by daviscfad
Far as i know there are no 90% ikes..You should weigh it
It's a Kennedy Half, not an Ike Dollar.
I need to get a good scale to weigh it. |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2009 : 22:11:56
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 sorry about that. By the time i got through reading everything all i could think about was bicentennial not thinking about the half or quarter. I should read a little better sometime.
Far as i know they're no 90% bicentennials |
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keys
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 03/26/2009 : 16:25:07
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Per Red Book-
1976 S silver clad half, outside 80% silver 20% copper (like Canadian Silver coins) inside core .209 silver .719 copper
Weight 11.5 Grams
Copper clad 1976 D and P 11.34 Grams
There is a small chance that the wrong blank/planchet went to the Philadelphia Mint and a few silver Halves were minted with no mintmark, or the mintmark was filled in/not stamped by the San Fancisco Mint.
Take a thin piece of tissue paper and place it over the silver half.
If the coin looks white it is silver, if it looks grey, it is cupro-nickel clad.
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Edited by - keys on 03/26/2009 16:26:34 |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 03/26/2009 : 17:14:27
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1976 S silver clad half, outside 80% silver 20% copper (like Canadian Silver coins) inside core .209 silver .719 copper
Weight 11.5 Grams
That is correct but it does not make the coin an 80% silver coin though. It just means that 80% of what is showing is silver and 20% is copper. Thats why you get that black edge kinda on the silver clads b/c more copper is showing on the outer layer. and just to add from the redbook that outer layers .800 silver and .200 copper bonded to inner core of .209 silver, .791 copper (net weight .1479 oz. pure silver with a net composition of .400 silver, .600 copper). |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/27/2009 : 14:26:53
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Originally posted by daviscfad
sorry about that. By the time i got through reading everything all i could think about was bicentennial not thinking about the half or quarter. I should read a little better sometime.
Far as i know they're no 90% bicentennials
I've never heard of 90% bicentenials either, and I ordered one of every Mint and Proof set I could find in 1976.
But, this sure seems like a (beat to H311 1776-1976) 90%'er:
no mint mark, no sandwich line, and sounds like a 90%'er when flipped or bounced. |
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myfundsarelow
Penny Collector Member
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2009 : 23:31:58
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| Its me again, the Bicentenial three peice ike dollar half dollar, quarter,set has 40% silver each coin no 90% silver coins were made that year PEACE!! |
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Posted - 03/29/2009 : 13:59:03
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Jones, do you have a reloading buddy? He may have the scale you need. I have weighed many coins to find that weight varies per specie up to a half gram off, but it gives you an idea. Take several cupro clad, known 40 and 90% with you for comparison. Just for fun take several Walkers too...I found several that weighed alot more than a 64 or Ben.
When I started in to CRH, I found many 71s that I swore were 40%, (you know, "that color") I weighed them to cull them out till I got used it. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 03/29/2009 : 16:39:39
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Originally posted by windage
Jones, do you have a reloading buddy? He may have the scale you need. I have weighed many coins to find that weight varies per specie up to a half gram off, but it gives you an idea. Take several cupro clad, known 40 and 90% with you for comparison. Just for fun take several Walkers too...I found several that weighed alot more than a 64 or Ben.
When I started in to CRH, I found many 71s that I swore were 40%, (you know, "that color") I weighed them to cull them out till I got used it.
My reloading buddy passed away a year ago last October, all is gone and his property has been resold.
I sold all my reloading gear when I moved to the West Coast in 1980 and promised my wife I wouldn't put any more money into this hobby.
I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and purchase a good scale.
I do sell some lead (melted and re-cast battery plates) to a few reloaders I've met at the range, but that's about 60 miles away and I'm not a member. I'm not to sure if I should ask to go to their residence and use their scale. I kind of like the anonymity of only having lead, I really don't want folks to think I have Ag. I live in a very rural area and am lucky enough to be able to shoot off my porch, so I only hit the range when invited to try someone's new "toy". |
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Posted - 03/29/2009 : 20:09:22
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Jones, sorry to hear about your buddy heading off to that big gun range out yonder, I am sure you miss him. I was reloading for my target 50bmg bolt gun last year. Traveled the country shooting in 1,000yd matches. Sold that and now we run a Dillon 650 progressive to feed my wife's Military Armament Corp model 10/9mm. She and I compete this coming Saturday in the subgun match at Knob Creek KY.
I like battery powered scales...more stable, one good enough to do coins is about $100....RCBS Rangemaster 750 is my choice. Midway has em. |
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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 03/30/2009 : 12:33:47
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| Try the local head shops if you're far out West, they have some decent cheap scales that work great for jewelery/gems/coins, and other stuff. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 03/30/2009 : 22:18:58
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Originally posted by vrbsroma
Try the local head shops if you're far out West, they have some decent cheap scales that work great for jewelery/gems/coins, and other stuff.
Got to remember that the next time I hit Portland. I'm in a very rural area that wouldn't have such wares.
I was thinking I'd try searching the net for prices. |
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zerocd
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 04/04/2009 : 11:07:15
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I have found many chrome plated as well as gold plated halves and is probably one of those.
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 04/04/2009 : 18:59:27
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Originally posted by zerocd
I have found many chrome plated as well as gold plated halves and is probably one of those.
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I've found many plated, polished and "Whizzed" halves, too.
It's definitely not plated.
It's beat up from circulation.
The thing that really intrigues me is; I can't see the sandwich layers that a 40% Half has (it still has decent reeding, but looks like it has taken quite a lot of hits to the front and back), there is no "S" mint mark and it "rings" like a 90% Walker, Ben or '64 JFK. |
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Jefferson
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Posted - 04/04/2009 : 21:13:49
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You might have found an incorrect planchet error, if no one can find a reference to 90% 1976P halves.
Errors like that are of course not out of the question:
"A few of the pieces dated 1971D and 1977D were struck in silver clad by error." - Red Book
Perhaps a mint employee deliberately intervened, to make themselves a souvenir, or to see if/when anyone would notice it.
Since a 90% half is 12.50 grams, significantly heavier than a 11.50 gram 40% half or 11.34 gram cupronickel half, you could try balancing it against halves of known composition if you don't have access a good weight scale. |
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Jefferson
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Posted - 04/04/2009 : 21:31:48
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