'64 Kennedy & stamp on board

Paid $6 for this today at a coin show in St Louis. Coin is low-BU and yes, it is straight up Scotch taped to a piece of cardboard. Don't know about the stamp. I passed by it at first and then walked back, thought it was cool and obviously can't go wrong at $6. The presentation looks mid to late '60's to me but interested in thoughts.

Thanks,
Joe

 

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One other question - for keeping it, I assume the bet idea is to slide it into a currency 'flip' thing? Any thoughts on safe keeping?

 

I would be concerned about the coin toning. But also agree it does look like a 1960s kind of thing and so it's been fairly stable since then.

So net-net I like the idea of using a currency sleeve. I might get a slightly oversized one and use an impulse sealer on a dry day to try and cut down interaction with the environment going forward.


By the way I think you win points for a completely accurate title that I was absolutely sure was going to be something different. I figured on board was actually a typo for on-board and couldn't for the life of me figure out what the real question was being asked.

 

The stamp and coin go together. I'd let it alone, keep it like that. The stamp is from the period. The coin is too or it wouldn't have toned like that on either side of the tape.

 

That's a interesting item. Keep it just the way it is. Put it inside a shodow box frame.

 

That's it... I saw a hobby shop on fleabay selling note sized invisible frames...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-x-New-Di...notes-NGC-PCGS-Slabs-Coin-Holder/113219778770


I bought from these people direct from China before they do assortments of the pccb self slabbing holders, fast and accurate... you know where you tell him in the comments you want 10 of this size and 5 of this size 3 of that size and it comes perfectly..

 

You seem detailed so I assume the backside of the cardboard is blank (otherwise you would have shared it with us): no print or written material on the backside?

 

I think this was done by one individual in the mid sixties to remember John F. Kennedy. He was a very popular president if you recall. The number of items to commentate him are astonishing and I think this is the only piece like it. It's not a commercial item done for profit, it's a item created at home by one of his admirers. It looks as though the stamp has not been cancelled but just stuck, again, as a memorial.

I'd leave as is.

 

Thanks for the replies and info. Like I mentioned in the original post I’m fairly certain it’s not valuable but for $6 it’s definitely cool.

Ana Silverbell - yes, the back is blank. No markings, writing, nothing.

 

that is some pretty strong scotch tape to still be sticking decades later

 

that is some pretty strong scotch tape to still be sticking decades later

 

no idea why so many posts clicked once

 

I have something like that in my collection somewhere but I think mine is a $50.00 stamp. Not sure on that. And I think it was made in the 70's also Mine that is.

 

I have one similar to that, but I think mine was more mass produced. Also the boneheads taped the stamp instead of the coin!

 

It is Scott #1246 from 1964...a mint sheet of 50 sells for $19. This one with the coin is uncancelled, but is no longer in mint state, would sell at 38 cents if it were.

Together, as an exhibit piece, would probably sell for 10-15 bucks to the interested buyer...Spark

 

I guess the message here would be if you don't want environmental toning on your coins, cover them with scotch tape

 

A stamp collector wouldn't buy a very common stamp mint affixed to a piece of cardboard. The value(?) is in the ugly coin, only.

 

This is a great item to pass on to your children or grandchildren as a footnote to history - as are most coin collections and modern coins. Keep it and then hand it down. A quaint piece of history!

 

here's a bicentennial set signed by the engraver I believe

 

I think you are missing the point. When the JFK half was issued, people hoarded the coin. This person (probably in 1964), as this person's tribute to JFK, affixed the stamp with the coin to a piece of cardboard. The point here is the reaction to the assassination and how people felt they wanted to honor or remember JFK.

Numismatic value? You are right on this: just the coin in its present condition.