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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tim Sweet, post: 3595356, member: 103085&quot;]BTW - Similar occurrance in 1977</p><p><br /></p><p>Then in 1977 the regular heraldic eagle design was resumed and things returned to normal for the half dollar. However through some fluke of happenstance a number of the special 40% silver planchets ended up at the Denver mint, where they were mixed in with the ordinary nickel coins and struck as 1977 halves</p><p><br /></p><p>The only surefire way that you can readily test the coin though is to simply weigh it. A normal Kennedy half dollar is expected to have a weight of 11.34 grams while a 40% silver coins should have a weight of 11.50 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because this is technically an error coin they are today extremely sought after and fetch sometimes fantastical premiums. During April of 2018 one such coin, graded by NGC with a grade of AU58 was sold at auction for $6 600.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://worldnumismaticnews.com/2018/06/15/the-1977-kennedy-half-dollar-coins-worth-big-money/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldnumismaticnews.com/2018/06/15/the-1977-kennedy-half-dollar-coins-worth-big-money/" rel="nofollow">http://worldnumismaticnews.com/2018/06/15/the-1977-kennedy-half-dollar-coins-worth-big-money/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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