Is it a 40% or 90% I need your help!

[tmjones550]

I found this 1967 today.It sounds and looks like a 90% .There is no typical cake on the side that a 40% shows and theres no mint mark.What yall think?I will upload a picture my camera on the phone is acting up.

 

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[Wilmingtonsilver]

I would say 40%

This similar post from another board may help you out.

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=86814

 

[FreedomUIC]

Anything from 1965 to 1970 is 40% silver as far as half dollars go.

 

[CC-Hunter]

The 40's I found this past weekend (one was a '67) also looked like silver on the edges, but I'm sure they are 40's.

 

[CoinFetcher]

Rare is Rare - you do not have a rare coin.

Weigh the bugger.

 

[quiksilver]

It is a 40%er . I read somewhere that there are some 65s made from 90% blanks.

 

[Bigheed]

some look really clean like that....most likely its a 40% but you could weigh it to be 100% certain. 40%'s weigh 11.5 grams, 90% weigh 12.5 grams.

 

[Diver_Down]

It is a 40%er . I read somewhere that there are some 65s made from 90% blanks.

Indeed. The demand for '64 Kennedy halves was so overwhelming the Mint produced '64 Kennedy halves all through '64 and into '65. The '65 mintage didn't begin until well into '65. Some '65 halves were struck on 90% planchets.

 

[tmjones550]

Thanks everyone. I love halves and have had tremendous luck in my area the last 3 years with them.When i heard this one hit the teller counter I thought awesome another 90% to add but i was suprised to see the 1967.I know without a doubt the difference between 40% and 90% but it just sounds just like a 90%.Just in case I will weigh it.

 

[Phanntom]

If you'd like some trivia and want to know the percentage of silver, find a close-up magician. I know it sounds strange. Kennedy halves in 40%, 90% and clad, all feel different to a magician. Magicians only use 90% silver halves for their coin manipulations. The clad are much slippreier to handle, the 40% less so and the 90% don't slip at all....you can palm one without even having to think of what your doing, while you'd better be paying close attention when palming a 40% half or you'll end up dropping it. The pro's go to coin shops and buy rolls of 64's when they can get them....otherwise they just settle on whatever quantity is available.

 

[Generic_Lad]

Weight will be the only way to determine it. Is it possible it could be a 90%er? Its in the realm of possibility, although unlikely. Weight will determine it for sure though.

 

[boristhespider88]

I was going to guess that it was an SMS coin.

 

[Dark]

I have a couple 40% kennedys that have bright monotone silver rims, but they weigh 11.5g.
It happens.

 

[65gt350]

Indeed. The demand for '64 Kennedy halves was so overwhelming the Mint produced '64 Kennedy halves all through '64 and into '65. The '65 mintage didn't begin until well into '65. Some '65 halves were struck on 90% planchets.

DD,

When the Coinage Act of 1965 was passed, it became mandatory that the Mint continue to use the 1964 date on all 90 percent silver coins (half-dollar coins, quarter-dollar coins, and 10-cent coins). Therefore, all of the 90 percent silver coins that the Mint manufactured in 1964, 1965, and 1966 bears the date 1964. The last of the 90 percent silver quarter-dollar coins was struck in January 1966, the last of these 10-cent coins was struck in February 1966, and the last of these half-dollar coins was struck in April 1966.

If the coin was a 1965 or 1966 it might be possible to be a 90% but with it being a 1967 I don't think so. Also, if you look real close at the second picture you can see that it is a sandwich with the copper on the left a bit different than the rest of the coin.


HH,
65GT350

 

[Diver_Down]

DD,

When the Coinage Act of 1965 was passed, it became mandatory that the Mint continue to use the 1964 date on all 90 percent silver coins (half-dollar coins, quarter-dollar coins, and 10-cent coins). Therefore, all of the 90 percent silver coins that the Mint manufactured in 1964, 1965, and 1966 bears the date 1964. The last of the 90 percent silver quarter-dollar coins was struck in January 1966, the last of these 10-cent coins was struck in February 1966, and the last of these half-dollar coins was struck in April 1966.

Good to know. Thanks for clarifying.

If the coin was a 1965 or 1966 it might be possible to be a 90% but with it being a 1967 I don't think so. Also, if you look real close at the second picture you can see that it is a sandwich with the copper on the left a bit different than the rest of the coin.


HH,
65GT350

I didn't make any judgement on the OP's coin. I was just responding to the possibility of a 90%'er planchet being minted with a '65 date.

 

[hotrod]

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