Can someone post a pic of a 1970 Kennedy Half Dollar.

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Can someone post a pic of a 1970D Kennedy Half Dollar Reed edge please.. My 1970D is not weighing correct and the reed edge looks funny.. thanks George..

[skippy]

I don't think they changed the collar die in 1970. Do you have any Kennedy half you could look at to compare?

 

[cpm9ball]

How much does yours weigh? You do realize that the 65-70 Kennedys are supposed to weigh 11.50 gms as opposed to the 12.50 gms for the 1964 and 11.34 gms for 1971 to present, don't you?

 

Chris

[rrantique]

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...that's true the 70-D will weigh more because of the silver content.

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Thanks Irvin for the photo. I might have something special here. I know my 1970 weighs 12.5gms and the reed is full of bright silver with no traces of copper, sounds like a complete silver coin, also when toned/sound with other ms 1964 kens it sounds the same.. So maybe, I said maybe, I might have a 1970 d 90% Silver Ken half dollar from a D mint.

 

I took it out of a Mint set that was sealed in mint plastic along with the quarter/dime/nickel/penny, so it wasn't tampered with.

 

Has any other 1970d Ken halves been found with 90% Silver? thanks. I will post a photo in a day or so. George.

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...i've only heard of 40% silver halfs for 1970 at 11.5 grams of weight. but

 

anything can happen i guess.

[cpm9ball]

...i've only heard of 40% silver halfs for 1970 at 11.5 grams of weight. but

 

anything can happen i guess.

 

I agree! Anything is possible. Doesn't NGC have some kind of diagnostic service to determine the composition, now?

 

Chris

[19Lyds]

Since 90% Silver planchets were discontinued in 1966, I cannot imagine anything which would have made such a thing possible George.

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Lee, as always I thank you for your expert opinion... Now I just need to find out why this 1970d weighs 12.5grams..

[rrantique]

Yw George here is another photo.