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<p>[QUOTE="mralexanderb, post: 287978, member: 7851"]<b>May be a counterfit</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="3">I have a washington quarter that is similar to that coin and I think mine is made of aluminum to pass in change and mechanical vending machines. I think the makers figured that they could pound out enough of the slugs with partial obvs & revs and get away with hardly anyone noticing them. Certainly most people would just pass it on to some vendor or anyone else without thinking much of it. </font></font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="3">What does your coin weigh compared to a fully struck Kennedy 1/2$ of the same year? Drop it on a hard surface and compare the sound to a real Kennedy 1/2$. </font></font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="3">Not all counterfits are rare coins. Some are for pocket change and just because they can do it.</font></font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="3">Bruce<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mralexanderb, post: 287978, member: 7851"][b]May be a counterfit[/b] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3]I have a washington quarter that is similar to that coin and I think mine is made of aluminum to pass in change and mechanical vending machines. I think the makers figured that they could pound out enough of the slugs with partial obvs & revs and get away with hardly anyone noticing them. Certainly most people would just pass it on to some vendor or anyone else without thinking much of it. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3]What does your coin weigh compared to a fully struck Kennedy 1/2$ of the same year? Drop it on a hard surface and compare the sound to a real Kennedy 1/2$. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3]Not all counterfits are rare coins. Some are for pocket change and just because they can do it.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3]Bruce:D[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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