I picked this up this afternoon from a tellers drawer. At first I'm drawn to the slight darkening around Kennedy's profile, then similar darkening around the eagle. I notice a slight cup (concave) effect on the reverse. There is a slight ding on the rim at 3 o'clock and a gouge on the face of the rim between 7 & 8 o'clock when viewed from the obverse, but no visible damage to the devices or the fields. The coin lays flat on its rim with the obverse facing up and has a rock when faced obverse down. Is this an error or PMD?
Yes I do in fact I discovered it..... In fact about a year or so ago I gave one to Alan at coinzip.com .
The 2001 Kennedy half's were not released until a few years later. They came in $50 bags mixed mint marks 50/50 p & d. While searching the bags noticed that some of the coins wouldn't stack. Then noticed the cupped like features and the die crack almost completely thought each star . What happen next was not a pleasant experience as a guy I knew said he knew Ken Potter and that he would show him my find. So I gave him one. Next thing I knew he got the credit for the discovery . He also still owes me money and never delivered on coins he had sold and promised to another friend. Well you know what they say about Karma.....
It's interesting to note the number of unusual coins that came from those 2001 Mixed P&D bags from the Mint. It was in one of those bags that I found the one missing the reverse clad layer...............and.............I'll be posting another anomaly in the next few weeks that I've held onto for the last 13 years from those bags. Stay tuned! Chris
Ouch !!! I wasnt aware of this story! How messed up is that! I would slander that guys name all over the numismatic highway. I should talk, i got beat out of a whole roll of unc peace $ , well THAT will never happen again!!
CORRECTION: They were $100 bags, and they were released in October, 2004. That sucks! Maybe you should refer to it as the "Tea Pot-ter Dome Scandal". Chris Edited for a better title.
I almost! had a similar experience happen with the 2005-S KS Silver Proof SQ with the die dent. It was covered in Coin World and the discovery was credited to someone out west. Fortunately, I had reported the coin to Billy Crawford, and he posted the discovery with a photo on his website more than a month before. It was Billy who was the first to refute the CW claim. It's just one of the reasons why I have always respected Billy Crawford. Chris
I've seen bags on e bay for sale and they do carry a premium . Chris you are correct $100 bags 50/50 p &d mm. I do recall Alan had his graded will post mine later
If you look at the date of my original post you'll see I posted here first. Then the story broke....elsewhere in a write up .
I read your first post but couldn't find the September/October 2008 Errorscope. Does anybody have a link to it? I did find this CW write up.
For anyone else interested in @Paddy54's original thread on this it's https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2001-p-kennedy-convexo-concavo-error.59532/#post-630107 Here's the his images from there also if you just want to compare those to the OP coin.
