1971 Kennedy Oddity

[sphillips]

Bought a box of halves from my bank, no keepers, but this odd struck Kennedy with marks around the age between numbers and letters. Anyone seen this before?

 

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[Immy]

Many times. Coins that have been thru old style jet sorters come out with circular scraping like this.

 

[sphillips]

Thx Immy. Love this site, so much knowledge.

 

[galenrog]

To some, this is called the ring of death. Caused by a great number of machines a coin could be put through. Most common, in my opinion, is the coin roller. Enders are sometimes marred in this manner by the crimper. Time for more coffee.