Hey guys... Usually I can nail down most any strange coin that I see. I don't see any obvious signs of tooling or machining. The edge also has me intrigued with just traces of reeding. If someone is going to machine it... why bother with the edge. I'm thinking it's a weak strike... but I want to post it for thoughts.
It looks like it may have been a pocket piece to me, but with that wear, it could have been caused by most anything. Chris
Yea ,I am no expert for sure But from what I have seen on here with the reeding it may have been stuck in a machine of some type.
I had a Walker like that. I gave it as a Christmas gift. To me the Walker is obviously just worn from years of use. The Kennedy is indeed a strange one. It's hard to imagine it is only the result of wear.
Case closed... I didn't even think to weigh it but the coin is way light at 10.6 grams. Looks like it's just been worn to death.
Now that I look closer at the edge, someone has done something to it. You can still see some of the cladding in the recesses. I am not sure it is worn in the usual sense, but someone has sure beat the crap out of it.
Die Trial and Die adjustment strikes are very rare and are often confused with grease strike throughs and common wear. Generally speaking, if the coin still shows mint luster in the low field areas, then its possible that its a weak strike due to a die adjustment. If the reeding is full, then its a "struck through grease". If the reeding is weak, then again, its possible that its a weak strike due to an initial die adjustment. For the OP's coin, I expect that (since coin dies are slightly conical in shape) its simply wear combined with a strike through of some type. If it were a weakly struck coin due to initial die adjustments, I would expect more detail in the ear area (a little off center) which is the first place the die contacts the planchets surface. Having said that, I also need to add that finding these CnClad coins in such a state of wear can be exciting since that CnCladding is really, really hard. Even to the point of resisting scratching where a silver coin might. I've wiped finger prints off of CnClad Proofs using a soft cotton cloth or a Q-Tip with absolutely effect at all.
It does look like a pocket piece to me too...but carried around for a long while. Very interesting. Bruce
just worn but intentionally worn, very hard to find a clad that would grade below VF, I can see a silver WL half being in AG-3 or lower but not a JFK of 90, 40, or 0 % silver same for a Franklin, I've never seen an AG-3 Frankie
