I just started my son a coin collection when a man came in a store and paid in half dollars, Susan B Anthony's, and one gold dollar but besides that fact one of the coins is a 1776-1976 S Silver Kennedy Half Dollar Bicentennial what should I be looking for on it to find the value error so on
First off, welcome to CoinTalk! I am not too big on collecting U.S. coins but I am sure people will be along shortly that can answer these questions!
Those are all very common pieces, worth no more than a few dollars, but they are very neat now what "error" are you refering to?
WELCOME TO THE FORUMMMMMMMMMMM Since your attempting to start your son into this hobby, just give him all of those. Ignor statements about not being worth a lot since pending on your kid'a age, they are to him worth thousands or millions. Way, way back my Dad got me into coins by giving me some of those brand new shinny, Silver colored pennies that just came out. He saw I like them so continued finding them for me and even by the rolls. That was in 1943 and I still have every one he gave me. No they were not valuable then and still nothing to rave about monitarily but to me then and now, worth???, PRICELESS.
Welcome to CT. The Kennedy bicentennial half with the S mintmark is a proof, and someone must have removed it from the set to put in circulation. There were 7,059,099 struck at San Fransisco. If the coin has not lost it's proof appearance, ie mirror field and frosty relief, you should put it into a 2x2 cardboard flip to protect it. Hopefully, there are no scratches on either side of the coin. Proof dual date Kennedys can run around $2.75 - $4.
CO Girl, welcome to the neighborhood! First off, the Kennedy half dollar is not an error. The dual-date Bicentennial coins (dollar, half dollar and quarter dollar) were struck for both years, 1975 & 1976. They are made of 40% Silver (also called Silver Clad). What concerns me is that you said the customer also used one gold dollar for his purchase. Though I don't collect gold, I don't think gold dollars have been struck since 1886. It's quite possible that it is counterfeit and the customer scammed you. It's an old trick that con artists use. If I'm wrong, and the coin is real, it is worth a whole lot more than one dollar. Please post photos of the gold coin if you can. Chris
WELCOME! No pun intended, but you have "golden" opportunity to involve your son in a hobby which builds character, 99.99% of the time increases in value and can teach him monetary as well as historic value of our currency system. This is the most valuable thing you received from that customer! There is a wide variety of books at the library for free. One note; start him at a leval he understands and with farely inexpensive coins!
I'm thinking it's one of the presidentials that many people refer to as a gold dollar because it's a much lighter shade of copper, and some think it looks gold.
Welcome to the forum. Post any questions you may have here. Consider buying some inexpensive Whitman folders for the Eisenhower dollars, Kennedy half dollars, etc. Also get your son a copy of The Guide to US Coins which is commonly called "The Red Book".
thank you for now he will just be watching me he is only 4 but he does seem interested I youtube coin collecting and he sat and watched it and ask question this will be more of a hobby but I like to know about the coin and yes I will pick the book up if it will help
The coin is a Eisenhower dollars but it was with the lot i got my grandfather always said if you see some turning in coin buy them you never know what you got
Thank you and you are so right it is some me and my son can find interest in and maybe down the road we never know what we're going to find if we need our eyes open...I don't let negative sally's get to me...
