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A 4th of July Burst of Color

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Newmismatist

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Here's a Kennedy Half that is bursting with color. Happy 4th of July,

I hope you Enjoy the kaleidoscope of Colors on this Kennedy Half.

 

(Note - This coin is slabbed. Anyone care to guess which TPGS has slabbed this beauty?)

 

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AlixTCat

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Here's a Kennedy Half that is bursting with color. Happy 4th of July,

I hope you Enjoy the kaleidoscope of Colors on this Kennedy Half.

 

(Note - This coin is slabbed. Anyone care to guess which TPGS has slabbed this beauty?)

 

861022-RevTonedKennedy.jpg

 

What does TPGS mean? ToP Grading Service? Would it not be TGS? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

Jonathan

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Newmismatist

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TPGS=Third Party Grading Service

 

Hey, Newmismatist, does that coin have an obverse? 893scratchchin-thumb.gifthumbsup2.gif

 

Yep - last time I looked (I seldom turn this one over), it was untoned, had a portrait of JFK & was dated 1987 wink.gif

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I confess very limited experience with clad coins, but I've never seen one toned like that. I do remember Braddick showing a proof Ike with some amazing colors. I think it was in a PCI slab which is what I would have guessed this one was in.

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Less than 20 years old and clad with colors like that? How'd that happen? No, really... how'd that happen. People get defensive when I ask, but it is an honest question. I have LOADS of coins that are post 1964 and NONE of them are any less shiny today than 30 years ago when I got them. What am I doing wrong? ? ?

 

Jonathan

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Less than 20 years old and clad with colors like that? How'd that happen? No, really... how'd that happen. People get defensive when I ask, but it is an honest question. I have LOADS of coins that are post 1964 and NONE of them are any less shiny today than 30 years ago when I got them. What am I doing wrong? ? ?

 

Jonathan

 

Nobody knows? I wonder why people get so defensive when I ask and never have an answer? If clad coins tone, why have none of mine? I have them in Whitman albums, notorious for making silver coins tone. Do I need to put them on the dash of my car in the Florida heat? No, that won't even make a silver half tone. (Been trying it for 6 weeks now... no toning whatsoever.) So, how come my clad coins won't tone like this one? Please tell me...

 

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Jonathon - I don't know the answer to your question - I bought the coin in a PCGS slab - and it looks just like what you see - I checked with a very knowledgeable dealer who specializes in toned coins (Andy Kimmel) - He indicated that the coin was naturally toned in his opinion - he said has seen others that have toned similarly - How it happened is beyond me. But FYI - 18 years is more than sufficient time to tone any coin if it sits in the right environment with the right conditions - I just received a slabbed a modern proof back from NGC that I removed from it's US Mint plastic holder that was rainbow target toned - and it wasn't even 18 years old.

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