1966 90 percent silver no joke look

I found this in a old roll please tell me what it would be worth I can't find them any where to see what it's worth the reed is perfect no 40 percent silver clad just pure silver reed evener jeweler said was silver not the silver clad from 65 to 71
I have pics I'm tryin to post them
Any help would be great.
Thank you

 

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I'm sorry it's a 1966 Kennedy half dollar with pure silver reed or 90 percent silver

 

It's worth $5 its 40% silver maybe less pic?

 

Whats the coin weigh?

Edit:

From Wiki:

40% silver clad: 11.50 g
90% silver: 12.50 g

 

What's the weight?


And welcome to the forum dear fellow......

 

New playing field.....

For some danged reason I was assuming the piece in question was a quarter.

 

Oh yeah, and :welcome:

 

Perfect question, as this is the first thing to check. The mint or their suppliers weren't the greatest at getting these things, (the clad), just right, and I have seen coins from this timeframe look silver on the edges. The weight will always sort the answer out unless the coin has been plated.

Chris

P.S. Welcome to CT Shortsell. Its not we do not want to believe you sir, its just once a month someone comes here claiming to have a pure silver dime/quarter/half from 1965-1970. Most of the time its just imperfectly prepared metal.

 

Have things slowed down that much? Not that long ago we were getting posters who claimed they had found a 90% silver 1965 dime, quarter or half at least once or twice a week (or so it seemed anyway).

 

I've got plenty of 40%ers that look like 90%ers... until you check the date or drop them on a table.

 

There's a joke in there somewhere. It's there......it lives......it's real.......

Ring test. Operator.......

Sorry. Gettin' past my bed time......

 

My wife thought my 40%er was actually a 90%er. About three minutes later, she was pretty disappointed.

Eh?

 

if its a 66 half then its 40%
if its a 66 quarter then someone had a fun chemical experiment...

 

Remember that the 1966 half was a inner core of 21% silver/79% copper covered by a layer of 80% silver/20% copper, so the edge would look like silver to most. Many think it is silver over a copper core, which would show copper color on edge.

Jim

 

Forget about the pictures for now and take it back to the jeweler and get a weight on it carried out to two decimal places, that's what we need to see.

 

I also have a silver 1966 quarter. It has that old silver sheen, and when I drop it, it rings... unlike the 40% copper one.

 

Head up, start a new post, don't bring one back from the dead.

 

I believe the 1966 quarter needs more investigating. I have heard of two others..

 

I really hate to say this, but this error is theoretically possible. It's known to occur on a 1965 quarter, and, amazingly, a 1968-d dime.

 

The thread did start several years ago and some members will ignore it as a dead thread, so after you weight it as the weight of a 90% ( 6.25 gram +/-.097 grams) differs significantly from a clad. Also a close up photo of the date , as to an expert engraver, it is not an impossible task to change a 56 silver into a 66 'silver' coin. Those 2 things could allow us to give a better answer. Then consider starting a new thread with those as the lead off post. Jim