Kennedy Halves 0

[Edward Plato]

Going thru my loose Kennedy halves and came upon this one, cannot figure out the coating, EZ zest won't touch it...any ideas, or just spend it?

[MarkFeld]

Spend it - it wasn’t made that way.

Edited January 1, 2021 by MarkFeld

[Edward Plato]

Ok, thanks for that info, one more question, I have this "no FG" half that may or not be one. I see a "G", that's it....another spender?

[MarkFeld]

11 minutes ago, Edward Plato said:

Ok, thanks for that info, one more question, I have this "no FG" half that may or not be one. I see a "G", that's it....another spender?

If you see a “G” it’s not a “no FG”.

[Edward Plato]

Good answer !

One more question regarding Kennedy halves then I'm over this, is the following coin a clash through ?

[RWB]

3 hours ago, Edward Plato said:

Ok, thanks for that info, one more question, I have this "no FG" half that may or not be one. I see a "G", that's it....another spender?

On this one, "FG" fell off 'cause the coin was upside down....

[Edward Plato]

my thoughts exactly, just wanted confirmation.

[Greenstang]

The 1995 is not a die clash. Looks like something has eaten away at the coin.

In the future, please post your pictures right side up 

[bsshog40]

These coins look very circulated and may be metal detector finds. 

[Just Bob]

14 minutes ago, bsshog40 said:

These coins look very circulated and may be metal detector finds. 

I wondered the same thing..

[Edward Plato]

Thank you all for your input, I venture to say none of us will be applying for a job at NGC or PCGS; maybe ICG.....metal detector...geeeeeez !

I would think a heavily circulated coin, or a metal detector find, would be void of many features before anything else, such as the face and hair on the obverse and the shield and arrows on the reverse. At first glance I would suggest an improperly annealed planchet on the '92 D and a lamination error on the '95 P. Both of these theories could be way off, but again thank you for your input and I will focus on submitting right side up photos in the future.

[MarkFeld]

44 minutes ago, Edward Plato said:

Thank you all for your input, I venture to say none of us will be applying for a job at NGC or PCGS; maybe ICG.....metal detector...geeeeeez !

I would think a heavily circulated coin, or a metal detector find, would be void of many features before anything else, such as the face and hair on the obverse and the shield and arrows on the reverse. At first glance I would suggest an improperly annealed planchet on the '92 D and a lamination error on the '95 P. Both of these theories could be way off, but again thank you for your input and I will focus on submitting right side up photos in the future.

Countless metal detector finds are free of the type of voids in design detail that you’d apparently expect. And that includes many coins that are several decades older than yours. 

Edited January 2, 2021 by MarkFeld

[Just Bob]

On 1/2/2021 at 7:45 AM, Edward Plato said:

Thank you all for your input, I venture to say none of us will be applying for a job at NGC or PCGS; maybe ICG.....metal detector...geeeeeez !

I would think a heavily circulated coin, or a metal detector find, would be void of many features before anything else, such as the face and hair on the obverse and the shield and arrows on the reverse. At first glance I would suggest an improperly annealed planchet on the '92 D and a lamination error on the '95 P. Both of these theories could be way off, but again thank you for your input and I will focus on submitting right side up photos in the future.

I assume that this means that you have extensive experience with a metal detector, since you completely discount this theory.

Edited January 3, 2021 by Just Bob

[Edward Plato]

not discounted, looking for alternate ideas.

[Just Bob]

Apparently, I misunderstood the meaning of your phrase, "....metal detector...geeeeeez !"

[Edward Plato]

I understand completely, text and emails, the downfall of our communication skills. That much being settled, the brown Kennedy is the first one I ever saw like that. Upon further inspection I do see considerable pitting so maybe this was buried. The other Kennedy still puzzles me but not going to dwell on it, just use it to purchase a donut.

Thanks Again

[VKurtB]

12 hours ago, Edward Plato said:

I understand completely, text and emails, the downfall of our communication skills. That much being settled, the brown Kennedy is the first one I ever saw like that. Upon further inspection I do see considerable pitting so maybe this was buried. The other Kennedy still puzzles me but not going to dwell on it, just use it to purchase a donut.

Thanks Again

Keep searching where you have been searching and I have total confidence you’ll soon find another.