Spots on Kennedy

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by No_Ragrets, Jan 16, 2024.

  1. No_Ragrets

    No_Ragrets Self-proclaimed Semi-Amateur Numismatist Supporter

    Just going through some of my previous purchases and noticed these spots on both obverse and reverse of a 1967 SMS Kennedy. Can anybody tell me what it might be from? The set is still sealed in the original flat and kept in the bland government packaging.

    And as it so happens, I bought a 1966 SMS at the same time only to discover now that the Kennedy is missing the "FG" on the reverse. Happy with both sets, as I got them for $8 each! 20240116_133252.jpg 20240116_133311.jpg
     
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  3. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    The government packaging can be opened and is not airtite.
     
  4. No_Ragrets

    No_Ragrets Self-proclaimed Semi-Amateur Numismatist Supporter

    Well that stinks! What do you think that yellowish looking stuff could be? I didn't have much luck looking it up online, but I'm not privy to particular sites for this kind of stuff, so I just hit Google and scroll through the results.
     
  5. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    I think it was raw at one time. That’s when that poor coin was sneezed on.
     
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  6. No_Ragrets

    No_Ragrets Self-proclaimed Semi-Amateur Numismatist Supporter

    Haha! It kind of looks like it!

    Hotdog with mustard maybe?
     
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  7. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Everyone thinks that it is online videos and clickbait sites that have all the knowledge. That is far from the truth. I have found more knowledge reading threads on CT from folks that have years of collecting under their belts. Some 50 or more. Reading other's threads and responses even if it isn't a topic you are interested in, it is encouraged. There are small tidbits of knowledge that you start putting together.
    Exactly what I thought.
    Lets see a photo.
     
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  8. No_Ragrets

    No_Ragrets Self-proclaimed Semi-Amateur Numismatist Supporter

    About to eat dinner here and I've got a small job to get ready for inspection tomorrow but I'll post some pictures of it soon!
     
  9. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Carpenter?
     
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  10. No_Ragrets

    No_Ragrets Self-proclaimed Semi-Amateur Numismatist Supporter

    Electrician, but I am paired up with a carpenter and we work together at times.
     
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  11. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Fun, I am a Carpenter. I love playing Sparkie.
    As a Handyman I am sorry that you are having to be inspected, and not that it is a bad thing, just more about the money than needed in most cases.
     
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  12. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    By the way I think that $10 is about average for a SMS set. Every now and then you find a set that blows all the others away that you have seen. It is easy to overlook problems, just because it is only $10.
     
  13. No_Ragrets

    No_Ragrets Self-proclaimed Semi-Amateur Numismatist Supporter

    I'm not really upset or worried about the inspection. I've been in the trade for over 22 years now and was brought up in the ibew. Left when work dried up and they kicked me and my family off the health insurance. Been flying solo since 2017. In the union, I was apprentice, then journeyman and worked my butt off, ended as a foreman. In that time I worked in malls, schools, pharmaceutical plants including clean-room areas, turnpike, a nuke plant, and tons others so I'm pretty well-versed for a little residential inspection.
     
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  14. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

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  15. No_Ragrets

    No_Ragrets Self-proclaimed Semi-Amateur Numismatist Supporter

    Chicken noodle soup and garlic bread was dinner last night. I make my own stock (chicken, turkey, and beef in rather large batches, and lamb stock in smaller quantities) and use it for lots of different recipes. It's really tasty when turned into soup though!

    I'll take a look at that thread after work today, thanks! I do enjoy cooking... almost as much as I enjoy eating!!
     
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  16. No_Ragrets

    No_Ragrets Self-proclaimed Semi-Amateur Numismatist Supporter

    Here it is, along with the rest of the SMS. I can't tell if the mark are on the flat or the coins though. Looking like another snow day tomorrow so maybe I'll get bored enough to crack these open to take a look. 20240118_190531.jpg 20240118_190542.jpg 20240118_190609.jpg 20240118_190646.jpg 20240118_190629.jpg 20240118_190655.jpg 20240118_190634.jpg 20240118_190702.jpg 20240118_190638.jpg 20240118_190713.jpg
     
  17. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    Just an offhand thought. Does the mint do any sort of rinse of these coins destined to go in mint sets? I don’t know and have never given it any thought or research.
     
  18. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    I think I’d leave them in the mint casing. Nothing really stands out as a strong enough coin to break the set.
     
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  19. No_Ragrets

    No_Ragrets Self-proclaimed Semi-Amateur Numismatist Supporter

    That's what is really getting my curiosity going. My recent post regarding my Washington proof dealt with something similar to this. The government packaging was cloudy and I couldn't see any details on the quarter contained inside the cellophane, so I opened it up to find a beautiful coin.

    This package, as well as the 1967, is getting inside my head that some of them might actually be hiding something from view. I have direct-fit capsules for everything but the quarter, but I can fudge them into a larger capsule and fill the void with the foam insert.

    I'll see how bored I get tomorrow before I make the decision on opening them or not, but I don't do well when these choices are to be made and I have nothing else to do!
     
  20. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    Coin measles. Really, tough break on that.
     
  21. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    There seems to be a little of the FG on the reverse. Could be just a bit of a filled die. Hard to tell thru the plastic.
     
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