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Possibly. Much depends on the press operator's attention to output and the press room foreman's attention to detail.

I looked for quality regardless of label, seller, or price.

Overuse. The US Mints had no technology experts, resulting in few and very slow advancements.

"Replica" = Counterfeit = Illegal.

I think today is the last day to register. Yesterday was....

Damaged. No grade.

Right! 'Phones do not care about presents or birthdays, etc. or even new over-priced leather cases ! If your phone does not give adequate results, try using a banana or a cucumber.

Please use 1 thread for your Kennedy half dollar questions. All of the repetitions just irritate members and discourage them from responding. (The edge/rim bump below "D" would likely prevent "grading" by a TPG.)

Others will have to respond to your question. The price is about 1 silver dollar w/o a slab; but only you can decide if the information is useful, interesting, important, or of some other "value" to yourself.

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Humans are the only creatures with imagination. We often strive to suppress imagination under the guise of conformity. We are particularly hard on children and teens.

A very nice VF half !

Long ago and far away in a different galaxy. I still have a few, but I could not afford what I liked, and did not like what I could afford.

That is what a true MS 65 should look like. I'll take two to go, please.

Ignore all the baloney on the labels and search for a coin with the fewest distracting marks. "Proof-like" is not part of a grade - it is an estimate of the reflectivity of a coin's fields if compared to a normal mirror-like proof coin.

Give them, or any merchant, only what is requested - never more. (Quoth the Raven...)

OP - your quarter might have a "guide" value of $20, but it is not and never was worth that. If you tried to sell you coin, in an expensive slab or a paper bag, you might get $5 in clean, sharp AU.

If people and organizations -- are you listening ANA? -- reported all of these fakes, every time they show up, action would be taken. As it is, the US Mint claims to have no enforcement responsibility and sits on its hands while counterfeiters from China, Colorado, Peru, etc. make millions in profits.

And is new polished slabs....!

...More of a French horn flare....

Aha! The "Beginner's Course on Counterfeiting." As if they'll teach "gradeflation" and the other dark arts.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65328968 From the BBC. Article does not indicate the form of gold -- likely a few bars....?

There are no accepted meanings to these terms. They are spewed about like fizz from a shaken soft drink bottle; but, the spewers never clearly define them. Rather, individuals make assumptions of meanings. Certainly, a coin can be made for a special occasion, but there MUST be a relationship between the coin and the event, AND the TPG must publicly establish that relationship. Then, and only then, does "Special Strike" have meaning in relation to that coin, and that coin ONLY. The term "Specimen" is especially vague, again because those who stick this on a slab label fail to state what that means. If it means the coins looks different, then the label make MUST state exactly why and provide documents to support that. Strangely, few seem to understand that there is a considerable range in appearance of normal coins. These are the result of changes in die wear or damage, die maintenance ('proof-like' is one of the most obvious), planchet finish and upsetting, and even press set-up and adjustment. (See the bologna about "1964 special mint set coins" - they are simply early strikes off new dies.) Sure, if some want to open their wallets and close their minds to being conned, that is there prerogative. But I'm confident that some people remain with a little common sense and the ability to think through a situation using logic and facts.

Excellent advice. OP -- Please listen to it.

Maybe there's "gold" under the storage locker floor...?