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<p>[QUOTE="VistaCruiser69, post: 3880922, member: 107016"]From my understanding, just the clad layer is 40% silver but the core is copper. Not sure if this is true or not.</p><p> </p><p>In regards to the polished look, I have a friend who owns and operates a jewelry store and I brought it to him to look at. The issue was, when I found this coin, it must have been sitting in that car for 30 or so years. The obverse was against the backing of the carpet and/or padding. Over the long period of time, the backing fused to the coin. When I found it, the reverse and edges were good for the most part, but the obverse had the carpet and/or padding fused to it. This material also hardened. So it wasn't anything that could be easily removed. I could see from the edge that it wasn't a silver era coin. I could see the copper layer. I also could barely make out the date, specifically "67". So being in a wrecked car and with this hard material fused to the obverse, I figured the odds that it's worth much is probably not in my favor.</p><p> </p><p>I analyzed and weighed my options. Obviously the coin is somewhat circulated and since it's got the material hardened and fused to the obverse, I don't know if there is even any serious damage to that side of the coin or not. Plus I did a little research to see if the 1967 Kennedy Half Dollar had any rarity to it. Didn't seem to find anything worth worrying about.</p><p> </p><p>So I ultimately made the decision to bring it to the friend of mine who deals with jewelry and precious metals and see if he could remove the hardened material that had fused to the obverse side of the coin. He told me that he can try and get it off with some type of steam tool device that he uses on jewelry for customers to clean their pieces when requested.</p><p> </p><p>So this was the results of what was done. But like I mentioned earlier, I found the coin, it was free. So I took a chance to get it somewhat recognizable on the obverse side. The reverse side is really nice, though a few spot traces of the carpet and/or padding material can be found, overall it's a piece that I can converse about as to how I came to be in possession of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="VistaCruiser69, post: 3880922, member: 107016"]From my understanding, just the clad layer is 40% silver but the core is copper. Not sure if this is true or not. In regards to the polished look, I have a friend who owns and operates a jewelry store and I brought it to him to look at. The issue was, when I found this coin, it must have been sitting in that car for 30 or so years. The obverse was against the backing of the carpet and/or padding. Over the long period of time, the backing fused to the coin. When I found it, the reverse and edges were good for the most part, but the obverse had the carpet and/or padding fused to it. This material also hardened. So it wasn't anything that could be easily removed. I could see from the edge that it wasn't a silver era coin. I could see the copper layer. I also could barely make out the date, specifically "67". So being in a wrecked car and with this hard material fused to the obverse, I figured the odds that it's worth much is probably not in my favor. I analyzed and weighed my options. Obviously the coin is somewhat circulated and since it's got the material hardened and fused to the obverse, I don't know if there is even any serious damage to that side of the coin or not. Plus I did a little research to see if the 1967 Kennedy Half Dollar had any rarity to it. Didn't seem to find anything worth worrying about. So I ultimately made the decision to bring it to the friend of mine who deals with jewelry and precious metals and see if he could remove the hardened material that had fused to the obverse side of the coin. He told me that he can try and get it off with some type of steam tool device that he uses on jewelry for customers to clean their pieces when requested. So this was the results of what was done. But like I mentioned earlier, I found the coin, it was free. So I took a chance to get it somewhat recognizable on the obverse side. The reverse side is really nice, though a few spot traces of the carpet and/or padding material can be found, overall it's a piece that I can converse about as to how I came to be in possession of it.[/QUOTE]
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