Strike-through errors are among a number of interesting errors that turned up recently.
Numismatic News reader, Merle Hyldahl, sent an image of a 2005-P Kennedy half dollar that shows a relatively deep and obvious strike-through error on the obverse. Hyldahl said, "I was recently going through a bank-wrapped roll of 2005 Kennedy half dollars and ran onto one coin that had a large spike running from just north of the 'In' of 'In God We Trust' and running north through Kennedy’s nose and into his forehead." ...
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by Numismatic News on April 23, 2010
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I just had an e-mail asking me what are the rare years of the Kennedy half dollar.
I have been aware of the series since its very beginning with its roots in a national tragedy.
On black and white television I watched the funeral cortege of the assassinated president. I saw the assassination of the assassin on TV as well.
Full Article: What are the rare Kennedy halves? - The Buzz with Dave Harper
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint announced today that it will offer 2010 Kennedy Half-Dollars for sale starting at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 29, 2010.
The 2010 Kennedy Half-Dollars will be available in bags of 200 circulating quality coins that include an equal number of half-dollars with "P" and "D" mint marks. Each bag is marked with both a "P" and "D," representing the mints of origin, and "$100," representing the dollar value of its contents.
The half-dollars will also be available in a two-roll set containing 20 circulating quality coins per roll -- one each from the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver. [click to continue…]
Pepe DeMeo of New York sent in a 2001-P Kennedy half dollar with some very interesting effects. While a normal coin has basined (concave) fields, the reverse of his coin is convex, somewhat like a brass button.
A normal concave effect allows the central design to be raised up from the recess to gain relief and still be lower than the rims to protect the designs from undue wear and to facilitate the stackability of the coins...
Full Article: Convex Reverses on Kennedy Halves a First - NumiMaster
WASHINGTON - On January 22, at 12 noon Eastern Time (ET), the United States Mint will begin accepting orders for bags and rolls of 2009-dated half-dollars bearing the image of President John F. Kennedy.
Available options include a two-roll set (20 coins per roll), priced at $32.95, that contains one roll each of coins produced at the United States Mint at Philadelphia with the "P" mint mark and the United States Mint at Denver with the "D" mint mark. Also available is a 200-coin bag, priced at $130.95, containing an equal number of half-dollars produced at both the Philadelphia and Denver facilities. [click to continue…]
A Numismatic News reader from Mississippi submitted an interesting Kennedy half dollar find. While searching through circulated rolls he found a 1971-D struck on a planchet of quarter-dollar thickness or what is called a "Wrong Stock" error. It weighs 8.8 grams versus the normal 11.34 grams for a clad half.
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