1985 s half dollar

In the Kennedy series, all proofs have S mintmarks, and all S mintmarks are proofs.
This doesn't hold true for many other series though.

 

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Thanks! I have two boxes in getting today... Hoping to find something! Found a 1971 s yesterday. Thats all out of 14 rolls :/. Just keep thinking I'm accidentally throwing some back that I don't know are variations... Oh well, hopefully I'll get better at this!

 

Not exactly! 90% silver proofs were discontinued in 1964 and were not resumed until 1992. 40% silver clad proofs were struck from 1968-1970 and again in 1976. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Chris

 

So how can you tell a difference between the normal and a clad in the later years? Is it true the clad has no copper in the middle when looking at the edge?

 

The easiest way would be to put any circulated half dollar 1965-1970 next to any circulated clad half from 1971-to present and look at the edge. You will see that the copper will show in the clad quite readily; on the 40% silver clad, it will appear to be a blend of gray to silver.

Chris

 

Between the "normal" and clad?

If silver is your goal, start with dates as its rather easy to exclude anything not silver this way. For any coin you are unsure of, first do your homework and if you cannot answer the question yourself (the best way to learn) then ask. The chances of finding one of the not easily identifiable (as silver) coins while roll hunting is small. In time you should be able to pick anything silver without needing to look at dates or edges.

 

You mean you don't even have to open the paper wrapper?

Chris

 

Thanks for the help. I found 20 between 64 and 68 out of 4 cwr's. That's what got me started on this. I'm trying to collect all the rarities of half dollars and trying to learn how to tell the differences. I've done a lot of reading but I guess without seeing the coins first hand I'm no getting the full picture. For instance one picture I saw of silver clad, you could see the copper but allegedly it was between silver? So it's kind of confused me. I looked at the picture of it from the edge a hundred times and couldn't figure out how they were calling it silver clad or what the difference was. I'll keep any older than 70 that I find but I'm trying to make sure I don't get rid of any after 70 that might be variations as well... Trying to learn a lot in a short time lol. Not been doing this very long at all.

 

One can pick up 1985 Proof sets for anywhere between $4 to $10 in most cases. I value these at no more than a dollar, at least I wouldn't spend more than a dollar for one.

 

He probably means you can just see that silver is a different color and looks different than CuNi coins.

 

What about a 1964 D double die reverse? What's that worth? Can't show a pic cause I'm not at my computer. This site won't let me upload a pic from my iPhone.

 

Atually it looks obverse and reverse double die... Interesting