Good afternoon all, I found this Kennedy half with a depression in the center of the obverse device. Could this be from a thin planchet?, a die issue?, or perhaps the metal simply flowed in the reverse device? The coin appears to have never been circulated. Thanks everyone, hope all is well.
Oh man. I thought this was going to be a therapy session . Now I'm depressed and can't figure out what's going on here .
As for the coin in question, I can barely see the sadness, I mean depression...Have you tried weighing the coin to see if it's light? First guess (and usually the right one) is some sort of PMD.
The weakness going down from the E of Liberty is due to a weaker strike than normal. The metal flowed into the central design elements on the reverse, but the strike was a bit too weak to get them fully struck up on the Obv.- there's a lot of design opposite Kennedy's head. This effect has been seen before on almost all denominations, including Kennedy Halves.
I'm not sure about that. I can't see a hit or file mark, the two coins have no evidence of circulation. Further more the high spots of the coin are the cheek and and the hair above the ear. I just finished CRH 13 more rolls of Kennedy half's. I found one more with a similar characteristic. I also noticed on fully struck coins the design is slightly depressed in the same area. I'm going to guess a worn or grease filled die?
Edited: Make that three coins, and all three are also lacking details in the hair below the [hair] part line.
See, I said "usually"...not "always" lol. I wish I could see where you were talking about on the picture.
It was not an easy pick up. I tried to capture it the best I could. Picture a depression in the shape of an oval about 3/8 long from 12 to 6 o'clock in the dead center of the coin.