1974P 90% Silver Kennedy Half Dollar

You kind of made my day with that one lol. A proper forum can change things for those of you that take action.

as for an update on my Coin I am still pretty sure its just a clad with a light plating. But I have some more knowledgeable people looking at it in a few weeks that can tell me for sure.

 

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Hello, I am new here. My name is Kimberly. I googled "How can I tell if I have a counterfit Kennedy Half Dollar" and it brought me here. I Love google. I could not believe you all were talking about the exact subject I am here to ask about. First, I know close to nothing about coins. I bought my coins on ebay. I was just looking at my KHD and what brought me here is a 1974 S KHD that feels so light that it made me stop and look at all of the KHD that I have. Also, have a 1980 S and 82S which all are very bright but feeling very light. I have to get a scale. Learned that from reading this forum thank you. My question is about the edges of these coins. They are very sharp and have a very distinctive edge as the coin is deep making it so you can feel the edge all the way around the coin. It is like it got poured and the person pouring did not finish the job. It does have that copper color around the edge you all mentioned in this thread. Can anyone tell me why the edge is this way. Thank you.

 

Those are proof Kennedy Half Dollars that came out of US Mint issued sets.

 

Sounds like this is a Proof coin you are talking about can you post a picture?

 

Is the mint mark an "S" (just above the date). If so, it is a proof.

 

Whatever it is you sure had us interested.

 

Your '74P is silver plated. It has some solder on it, too, indicating that it once had a pin attached and was used as jewelry.

 

There were 1.3 million 40% silver clad proofs minted in 1974. I have one and you can get one from Littleton Coin Company for $74. 1974-S

 

here were 1.3 million 1974 S proofs that were minted with 40% siler. You can get one from Littleton Coin Company for $74

 

Welcome to CoinTalk! Please note that we're talking about half dollars, not Ike dollars. Kennedy halves were struck in 40% silver from 1965 through 1970. The Bicentennial halves were struck in 40% in 1975 and 1976, but all were dated "1776 - 1976".