MAD 1972 Kennedy

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  1. MrDoubleDuece

    MrDoubleDuece Member

    Roll hunting and found a MAD Kennedy any value more then .50 ??
     

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  3. furryfrog02

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  4. MrDoubleDuece

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    What exactly is the cause of the double rim in that spot
     
  5. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    You were correct in calling it a MAD. That's what it is. However, this is incredibly common. MAD's really only become "collectible" when design elements are missing like these:
    1982P MAD.jpg 1983P MAD.jpg
    2000D MAD.jpg
     
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  6. MrDoubleDuece

    MrDoubleDuece Member

    O ok I understand now
     
  7. gronnh20

    gronnh20 Well-Known Member

    The planchet feeds into the coin press with a proto rim(not a fully formed rim). When the coin gets struck, in a collar, the die should strike the coin in the center of the planchet. When the die strikes the coin in the center, and the collar has the coin held solidly a true rim is made with reeding. When the die doesn't hit center, in the case of your coin, it will sometimes produce a false inner rim. So the gap made from the die being off center of the collar let metal flow into the gap to make something that looks like a fat rim with a more defined inner false rim. You can see how the metal in @furryfrog02 pics pushed into a gap between the collar and die. The small cent and nickel shown do not use a reeded collar. For brevity I used collar.
     
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