my finds today half dollar's rolls

well got 10 roll of half dollars at the local US BANK i got some silver 1964 1966 1967 1969-d and i think this one is silver 1976 but i dont see the mint mark. what do you peps think is it silver? wheres the S mint mark ? or is it normal not to have a mint mark?

 

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looks like the 1976 is double die. Could you take a close up picture of that one?

 

While I admit the pic does look like silver, I'll bet it doesn't sound the same as the other 40%ers.

Drop the 66, 67, and 69 on the table and listen to the sound they make.

Then drop some regular copper clad halves on the table and listen to the sound they make.

You will notice that the sound is distinctly different.

Now drop your 1976 on the table and determine if it produces the same sound as the other 40% silver coins.

(Don't worry about dropping the 1976 on the table, it is already pretty well circulated and you will not affect it's value, provided you don't throw it LOL)

 

Great finds. Good job... :high5:

 

very nice finds! :high5:i doubt that 1976 is a silver becuase it has no s mintmark. halves get that dull look to them if they have been sitting in a roll awhile with a silver half right next to it. i could be wrong though!:secret: does the 1976 have a copper colored stripe down the reeded edge? if it does it definatly clad.

 

coinlover it dose not have the copper colored stripe down the reeded edge

 

Heres some bigger pics

 

my other guess it that someone probaly plated it at one time. people did all kinds of strange things to bicentinial halves.

 

Looks like one of the many 40%'s that they made that year----

Speedy

 

wouldn't it have a s mintmark though?

 

Looks like silver plate.

 

Good catch---I missed that totally.

Speedy

 

Again, I strongly recommend the drop test. I've found silver plated halves before and they always come up copper in the drop test as the silver plating doesn't affect the sound they make.

 

Take a picture of the edge.

 

If they were silver plated, the edge would look the same as a 90% silver coin.

 

Nice finds. Isn't it great to find silver.

John

 

yea it dose sound like the normal none silver ones. it must be plated silver, the rim is the same color has the rest of the coin silver all around. thanks for the help it was tricky

 

I know the Ike dollars had some Philadelphia and Denver mint circulation strikes mistakenly done on silver 40% plankets, but halves?

Then again, it could really be a San Francisco with grease in the die missing mint mark or some such. San Francisco did make uncirculated 40% for a 3 piece uncirculated set

Interesting find regardless!

 

I second the sound test. It has always worked for me even on plated coins. It's music to your ears when you hear the sound of silver.