is it me or does this look like a pc of junk

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-Kenned...&otn=3&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=8093647227404411870

 

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To each their own...

 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

It certainly doesn't look like it's worth what he's asking...

 

You think that's bad? Look around at some Eisenhower Dollars. But to answer your question---- Yes it looks bad/damaged,
dinged up, and too scratched to be graded MS-66.
zeke

 

NGC/Numismedia lists the value at $60.

I am a lover of toned coins, but that toning is NOT attractive at all, and $92 is not worth it to me.

 

Everybody is always going on about desire for original surfaces. Well, that is what an "original" 90% silver surface looks like after 50 years.

 

well I got 100 today from Provident that I paid 11.70 ea and they ALL look MUCH better than that one...None are pitted looking like this....i ordered a box of 1000 from the bank last friday so I hope to find some silver in there

 

I don't see any "pitting" on the one you posted. I see nothing wrong with it. All I see is a nice, problem free half dollar with some toning.
Send in your 100 and I would be surprised if more than 2 come back as a 66. If you think this one looks like a "piece of junk", you should brush up on your grading skills.

 

I think they took a bad photo of it. Toning is "two faced" you have to have it at the right angle for it to "light up", otherwise it looks like carp.

Same goes for deep cameo proofs, at one angle it looks terrible, but at one the mirror finish shines brightly.

 

I dont care what mne come back graded I paid 11.00 not 100.00 !
Seems like others here feel the same way I do, maybe you should BRUSH UP on your skills !

 

Oh, now I see what I'm dealing with here. I'll just save myself the headache, and you the embarrassment and move on.
I say good day.

 

I was at a antique store yesterday and they had 400 silver half dollars for $3 a pop. You missed out man...

 

Ike dollars are a conditional rarity because the clad business strikes (especially 1971) proved more difficult to strike than traditional 90% and 40% silver planchets. They actually developed new dies for 1972 and thus is why a 1971-P in MS65 is worth $210 (according to PCGS price guide). I could go on and on about Ikes but back to the OPs question, I particularly am a fan of this coin for two reasons:

1. The coin is old and has not been dipped.

2. It seems to my novice eye to have a decent strike centered well on the planchet.

 

Too crusty for me. I like my coins blast white. TC

 

How much you wanna bet it doesnt sell either.....

 

I got a bunch of Ikes in nice shape are they worth much ?

 

Sometimes a coin tones nicely and sometimes it doesn't. In this case it just doesn't, I also don't agree with the grade given. Looks like there are marks all around the coin.

 

Typically business strikes in MS66 command high premiums with the exception of a few harder to find dates in good condition as well as variety's.

 

I opened a roll of 1964 haves that was rolled up in a paper roll since 1964. With the exception of the outside 2 coins (they were toned, or tarnished), and in good storage conditions, the answer to your question is, just like a 2012 90% kennedy half would look like. "Blast white", I think, is the term. I let a collector have this complete roll for slightly above melt since they were bu.