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The Mint has produced some sloppy imitations, although they have original casts from 1921. Also, look in A Guide Book for Peace Dollars, Whitman Pub. 4th edition. (By me...)

It's a very minor point. The appearance is that "V.D.B." were added manually to two hubs. A little retouching of the strong N hub is also possible. (I've not paid attention to this since it's a deep specialist subject.) Also, neither obverse nor reverse dies were made for a specific mint. San Francisco dies became that only before final hardening when the mintmark was added. We know almost nothing about the details of die manufacture such as were they kept in a certain production order, the quantity annealed at one time, when and where were die lengths cut to fit specific presses, etc.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1094653/1910-reverse-of-1909-class-iii-transitional-lincoln-wheat-cent A message thread on the PCGS board includes this comment: "Peace1 Posts: 39 ✭✭✭ @robec said: I suppose then also any 1909 VDB with the dot between the D and B closer to the B will be Barber’s version since that only occurs on reverses where the N in UNITED is deep cut. "Barber’s reverse has the dot between D and B closest to the D. Brenner’s reverse the dot is centered." This is incorrect. ALL the reverse hubs with "V.D.B" were made by Charles Barber. Brenner's hub had "Brenner" in the same position. This was rejected and Barber merely replaced "Brenner" with the initials. (See Renaissance of American Coinage 1909-1915 for details and photos.)

Please weigh each side separately, then add weights together for the coin's total weight. Thanks.

What do you expect to gain from doing this --- other than exposing your coins to contamination?

It's all the revenue from dictionary sales.

Members have been trying to help you, and also save you money that you seem determined to spend on "grading and authentication." Nothing is working, so it might be best for you to send your "high rating numbers sixty nine or seventy" coins to NGC and PCGS - why stop with just one? Once you have them back, post clear photos of the coins in their fresh "Best Mint State Seventy Grade And Has Golden Toning Shade" brilliant shiny glowing professional plastic holder of deluxe paper nice label information. We all will appreciate your skill and acumen ! --- (Gesundheit, freund.)

Use of silver as an alloy for gold coins was also common to US gold for the first 50 years. The reason was to reduce time and expense of refining native gold to legal standards. If there was too much silver in native gold, foreign coins of known alloy could be added too "sweeten the melting pot." If native gold was too low in silver the mints could "sour the milk" with foreign silver coins of known alloy. The value of US gold coins was calculated on gold content, only. Any silver was a bonus.

Not sure.... What do they taste like, chicken?

Peppermint.

Your comments are clear indicators that you do not understand how to properly examine a coin or to objectively describe it. Here are images of your coin as posted (left) and after minimal enhancement to reveal detail. Red arrows point to scrapes nicks and other damage. I ran out of space to squeeze in more arrows. Members here will help you all they can, but you have to do your part by paying attention and not assuming you "know everything."

I copied your photos, then adjusted the contrast to reveal additional details with Photoshop software. This can enhance visibility, but it cannot completely correct poor photography.

Your coin appears to be and ordinary 1967 Kennedy half struck in 40% silver. It is shown in out of focus, over exposed photos. If you send it to NGC or PCGS for "grading" it will be returned in a cute plastic holder after they've collected your $50 in fees and postage. The coin will be worth exactly what it was before sending it in, because of the scrapes and scratches on the coin. Unless in very high grade, such as MS-68 or higher, there is no collector premium on any 1967 half dollar. Members can give you - free - a better idea of its condition if you will post sharply focused, correctly exposed photos.

They already do --- they call it "MS-62" regardless of the size of truck that ran over it.

Both are post strike damage -- at least from the photos.

Damage and corrosion. Nothing more. Can you (the OP) explain what a "double died and punched" coin is? Can you tell us how mintmarks are made?

We are already in an age-related redistribution of collector coins (and kegs of wheat cents, etc.). Children born 1935-1950, who collected coins, are now dying at an accelerating rate. Without a specific, previously unidentified source, the "hoard" is merely part of statistical randomness. (Humans are sensitive to pattern making - it is one way we organize the world. Pareidolia is one kind of the same class of human organizational actions.)

No. And identification does not matter. The altered ASEs look like the real thing -- just as an 1909 with glued on S does.

Might also be something made by a colorado counterfeiter. It produced altered ASEs in the past, so why not again?

Well --- not really -- I skipped around a bunch and yawned some, too.

It seems a bit too long and unfocused. There are also several mistakes, misdirections and loose-ends, but that happens with this sort of promotional item.

Better if that was a "run-away sentence" .....

The OP must have purchased a "Word Grab-Bag" from a U-Tube coin error video.

Is he telling facts that he knows, or simply spinning a story abut some assumed "stealthy hoard?" His price changes can be checked for reality, but not his "reasons" for them....if he has any.