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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 06-05-2007, 12:50 PM   #1 (permalink) Bluegill Senior Member     Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Louisville Posts: 252 A Kennedy half--Does this look struck through grease? I just found this a couple of days ago, and I'm not sure about it. Does this look to you like it was struck through grease? There is a little evidence of it on the obvese, but the central design of the reverse is really lacking detail. The stars and legend, however, show little wear. Thanks Attached Thumbnails     __________________ "...That's right, buddy, the large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." --Tom Waits   06-05-2007, 01:24 PM   #2 (permalink) Phoenix21 *The King Of Jokes*     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PA Posts: 8,924 My Mood: Wow, that's neat! Nice find. Looks like one to me. Phoenix __________________ Working on becoming the next white rapper. Check out my fanpage here, and become a fan: http://www.facebook.com/pages/LaMast....2914404569..1   06-05-2007, 02:13 PM   #3 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 17,770 I believe it is post mint damage. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" Buy The Book before the Book: http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....tID=079482580X   06-05-2007, 02:30 PM   #4 (permalink) JeromeLS Coin Fanatic   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portsmouth GB...... Posts: 1,342 Quote: Originally Posted by Treashunt I believe it is post mint damage. I would have to agree that the lustre looks way more like polish. I am a bit suspicious...   06-05-2007, 03:22 PM   #5 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 17,770 Jerome; More than polish, it appears to had had something done to it. If it had been struck thru grease, or some other object, then the design would be blurry in a specific area. Such as those famous Lincoln Cents that are missing one of the numbers in the date. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" Buy The Book before the Book: http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....tID=079482580X   06-05-2007, 04:39 PM   #6 (permalink) mikediamond Coin Collector   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,296 As you surmised, it was struck through grease. __________________ President, CONECA. Host, Error Coin Information Exchange, Yahoo:Groups. My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of any organization I belong to. Last edited by mikediamond; 06-06-2007 at 10:57 AM.   06-05-2007, 05:30 PM   #7 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 17,770 Quote: Originally Posted by mikediamond As your surmised, it was struck through grease. Okay, I stand corrected. Thanks, Mike __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" Buy The Book before the Book: http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....tID=079482580X   06-05-2007, 10:38 PM   #8 (permalink) bruce 1947 Support Or Troops     Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 2,320 Mike. Sorry I just don't see struck through grease, there is damage to both the obverse and reverse on this Kennedy. Don't see how that could happen on both dies at the same time on this coin, might agree with you to a point on the reverse but the obverse looks like post mint damage. I have been wrong many times before however that my opinion. Bruce. __________________ Cointalk member4713 Member Mesa coin club   06-06-2007, 01:28 AM   #9 (permalink) 65GT350 Member   Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 66 Here is a coin that I think is struck through grease or something. See how the LIBERTY is less pronounced than your coin. That is what makes me think it is not a struck through coin.   06-06-2007, 01:34 AM   #10 (permalink) dak The Nickel Nut     Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 490 Looks very much like it is struck through grease to me, I don't suspect polish, as others have mentioned I have seen quite a few nickels with similar afflictions... __________________ Quote: "America got it's nickel's worth out of me....wouldn't you agree?" - Felix Oscar Schlag   06-06-2007, 07:12 AM   #11 (permalink) Bluegill Senior Member     Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Louisville Posts: 252 Hmm. I appreciate everyone's responses. I guess there aren't any definitive ways to tell on this one, or at least, not by looking at a picture of it online. __________________ "...That's right, buddy, the large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." --Tom Waits   06-06-2007, 02:03 PM   #12 (permalink) JeromeLS Coin Fanatic   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portsmouth GB...... Posts: 1,342 Quote: Originally Posted by 65GT350 Here is a coin that I think is struck through grease or something. See how the LIBERTY is less pronounced than your coin. That is what makes me think it is not a struck through coin. Yes, 65gt350's coin is definately struck through...unlike previous one.   06-06-2007, 05:20 PM   #13 (permalink) foundinrolls Roll Searching Enthusiast     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 2,128 There is no doubt , as Mike has noted that the coin is struck through grease. That "strange" look to the surface on the obverse, is a sure sign. Thanks, Bill   06-06-2007, 09:47 PM   #14 (permalink) bruce 1947 Support Or Troops     Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 2,320 Gentleman I apologize,after doing some more research and looking at several pictures of coins that were struck through grease. I have to agree with Mike and the others on there assessment of the Kennedy half that Bluegill asked about. Bruce. __________________ Cointalk member4713 Member Mesa coin club   06-07-2007, 07:18 AM   #15 (permalink) Bluegill Senior Member     Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Louisville Posts: 252 Again, thanks very much for your responses. I haven’t found a coin like this before. The most error-ish things I’ve ever spotted have been very small die cracks. So even though this isn’t a big deal, it’s kind of exciting for me. __________________ "...That's right, buddy, the large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." --Tom Waits   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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