My bank finally got in some half-dollar rolls and they were more than glad to have me take them off their hands. ($120 worth). The whole set was pretty much a bust; there were about 40 bicentennial halves; about 10 D's, the rest P's. The only thing interesting in the whole pile was a half with a gold-toned obverse. The reverse was normal. The color wasn't right to be a missing layer. The color is identical to a Sacagawea dollar. In fact, that's what I thought it was, at first. Any idea what caused this color? I have included a picture of a normal coin from the same year for comparison.
It was probably gold plated or even just gold painted (hard to tell from scans). I find them all the time. I also find plenty of the Gold/Silver/Chrome/Nickel/etc... plated kennedies that had dates punched into them and were sold to commemorate Kennedies Election/Assasination/etc... The coin has no real premium, but my son does save them because he thinks they are cool (he dreams of exchanging them for real gold coins).
Thanks. I thought it might be gold-plated. I will save it just for the novelty. It only cost me 50 cents.
Yes it is. That is exactly why I am reasonably sure it is toning and not plating. There are a great many coins with toning on one side only - it is quite common.
its possible to plate a coin on 1 side though, I have an example from that (a dime) I got from some Science Show thing... but yeah, I'll agree on the toning
