I've searched 7 boxes of halves now and enjoy it. I had early success finding some silver, but none of late, but will still continue. But I have noticed some things that I'd like to ask the group:
- I find a lot of Kennedys marked with ink, but do not find this on other denomination of coins. Many have the eyes colored in with blue. Still more have one thick red line through it, and a few have a black ink number on either side of the face of Kennedy. Why is this? Was this some superstition or something. There are way to many of these for it to be random (or so it seems to me).
- I put aside my 1974 Ds to look for the DD. When examining them for I find machine doubling on the letters on the reverse on about 1/4 of the coins. Is this high percentage normal? Would I find this if I used my loupe on other years as well? Was this a problem for this coin or maybe just this year?
- I found a very nice die crack from the point of the neck to the edge of the coin on a 1995. I sold it for 3 bucks at my coin club. Now, since finding that, I found 5 more (same year) with my latest box with the same die crack, though none of these extend to the edge. When does something like this become a variety? Or, is this just a weak spot of the die and it just gets cracks there more often.
Bob
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