1973 Half Dollar, 2 heads, no tails!

[bazinga]

I just got a 1973 Kennedy half dollar and both sides are of kennedy's face! There is no reverse on it! Does anyone know about this error and if it is worth anything? I will post a picture later after I'm done searching my dime rolls.

 

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[JakePhelps]

Not possible for the mint to make such an error. Must be a magicians coin?

 

[bazinga]

How is it not possible? I'm just curious...

It looks identical to every other kennedy half that I have.

 

[JakePhelps]

Because how could the mint use the same die on two sides of a planchet? Its physically impossible unless you made two obverse dies.

 

[bazinga]

I really don't know... Maybe the coin was accidently put through the machine twice? Are you sure there is just one die for each year? I would assume that there would be multiple dies to make coins faster and maybe the coin was put through two face dies in a row?

 

[JakePhelps]

There have been a few coins in the past that have left the mint with two heads but it is not likely, look at the edge of your coin, if there are visible seems then two half dollars were cut in half and stuck together. If no seam is visible it was most likely done on a computer controlled machine lathe. Maybe you should post some pics and take it to a coin store Nice find if its real or fake.

 

[bazinga]

Interesting...hmm.... I see no seems in it at all. I'll take a pic in a second.

 

[bazinga]

Here are some pictures:

That last picture it is side by side a 1974D half.

 

[jeff of pa]

Look very close to the First Pic, On the Edges.

I can see where the Face was fitted in the? Hollow other side.

COMPAIR that side to another Half.

STILL a cool find in change.


as far as I know,
at the mint BOTH SIDES of a coin are stamped From a Sheet at the Same Time.

They are no longer Stamped? one side first

 

[JakePhelps]

at the mint BOTH SIDES of a coin are stamped From a Sheet at the Same Time.

Exactly why this couldn't happen at the mint! Unless someone thought it would be funny to switch the reverse die with an obverse one

 

[Hothgar]

nice find =)

 

[Visionquest]

I got really bored and made a quarter this way years ago. There is some machine shop online that does variation coins like this, I forget the address but I believe his big thing at the moment is to mate a sacajawhatever dollar and a quarter. I know he sells them and the mint says it is legal as they are not sold as legal tender coinage.

Pretty funny to find that in change although I know someone found my quarter I am sure the same way. My idiot self spent it accidentally.

-Mike

 

[hollowpointred]

i`ll flip ya for it! :P

 

[Paul in WA]

There is a shop in Seattle that sells those, along with many other typs of "Fake" coin errors, including the elusive 1943 copper penny.

Paul

 

[bazinga]

Ok, after looking at it I can see where it hollowed out and fitted inside. Oh well, I don't care, it's definately a first for me to find, haha.

Thanks for the info guys!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Someone could get into a lot of trouble for spending that coin!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Snee]

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Whether this is a trick coin or true deal, I knew I had seen something like this recently...

 

[Silver Stripe]

I have found (2) of these two headed Kennedys. One is a '99 and the other a '64. HH Mark

 

[seger98]

I could see winning alot of free beer with that coin! Flip you for a beer!

 

[Ifyndit]

Drop it on a counter top. It will make a thud when it hits. Now drop a non altered Kennedy half..........hear the difference?

All magician's coins you find will have that thud sound to them when they are dropped on a hard counter top (or tossed on a pile of other halves). I've got about 22 of them so far. About three are either double heads or tails. I like finding them too, something different!