One crappy Kennedy

[Hoot]

Hi All - Have a gander at grading this extraordinarily bad Kennedy half - it just came back from PCGS. I'll pst the answer tonight! (The winner has the satisfaction of knowing they are astute in grading bad clad).

 

crappy Kennedy

 

Hoot

[Guest]

G-4

 

coinholeio

[swhuck]

G-4, at least. Maybe G-6.

 

Did anyone offer to take the piece off your hands for use in a grading set?

[braddick]

This Kennedy, my dear Sir, is spoken for.

 

Go find your own!

[Hoot]

My answer on the CU boards!

 

Alas! It approaches 11p.m. back east, so it's time! But first! The incredibly exciting story - okay, short - I found this gem while looking through rolls of half dollars for silver. It stuck out like no other. Never have i seen a recent-dated Kennedy with so much wear. I inspected it for evidence of poor stike, such as a grease filled die, and could find none. Indeed, with the rims worn into the edge lettering, I thought I had found an AG03 coin. It truly looked like a pocket coin that had slipped into circulation on someone's desperate night wanting to buy that last beer or essential...

 

I sent it to braddick who thought it may grade as high as G04! We were hopeful that we had found the holy grail (minus a few jewels). We were SHOCKED when PCGS returned it as VF15!!! Indeed, as many of you pointed out, the scan has some detail in the hair and eagle's feathers that one would not expect on a lesser coin, but in person this coin looks like a well spent chain cent.

 

I'd give the prize to Greg but typical of his evil ways, he had INSIDER INFORMATION!!! He and Martha will be sharing office space in the near future !!!!!!!

 

So, there were several of you who guessed VF, but only sinin1 specified F12! The prize? The genuine satisfaction of knowing you can grade the The Best of the Worst!!! (This is one perfectly rotten clad Kennedy! Too bad the clad does not show up in the complete US type con set ) Congratulations!

 

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