Exactly What Kind of Mint Error Is This??? I've never anything like it before.

I don't profess to be more than an amateur collector, but I have done enough research during my studies to realize that I haven't done enough to figure out what kind of error coin this Kennedy Half is.

There is metal loss on both sides and the edge thins to the point where the milling is gone. I'm stumped. What the **** happened to this coin? The striations stump me, the fact that both sides have metal loss stump me as does everything else about this coin.

Is this some kind of freak multiple strike with a blank planchet on one side, scrap metal on the other, lamination issues thrown in as well as metal fatigue?

Because I don't see how this coin could be made to look like this if one tried.

Either I've stumbled upon a valuable rarity or wasted several hours.

The Kennedy Half is a 1968 D. It weighs 10 grams.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. What exactly caused these deformations? Is the coin worth being appraised if so? If not, what is the fair market value?

Thomas

 

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Acid damage?

 

The fmv is fifty cents for pmd halves. If a store wont take it, try exchanging it at a bank.

 

If it had been acid damage, wouldn't the line separating the outer layer from the core, where the acid came into contact, be a smoother, more even line rather than a "zig-zag" meandering line? Is it possible that this was, initially, some sort of lamination defect and then some other form of exposure (environmental, chemical or whatever) took over, further damaging the central core?

Chris

 

It's 40% silver. You can get more than face value for it, PMD or not.

 

Looks like a 98 not 68

 

There is really no hard and fast rule about how acid will work on a coin. Totally random.
I do know that that coin did not come away from the dies in that condition.

 

Definitely a '68.

 

At first, that's what I thought, but look closely at the photo - it's a '68.

 

And the OP says it's a '68 in his post.

 

ok. it has melt value. currently at about 4.25/per on a 40% half. But you'll have to devalue it some on the weight being about 10 percent less than a normal one.

 

My first thought.

Actually, my only thought.