Look at this 1971 D half.....doesnt make cents

[halfhunter]

The coin looks almost uncirculated, doesn't sound like silver, I put a magnet on it and there is a slight pull.....?? The coin setting beside a 1973to show a comparison. The coin doesn't look to be tampered with. WHAT DO I HAVE, besides a 50 cent piece. Well I tried throwing on a couple more pictures but for some reason they wont upload on this site...

 

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[OtlFrutiger]

I have gotten a coin exactly like this. I took to my LCS and the pro there said it is probably just silver plated. I haven't scratched it yet to check though just in case it was some kind of mint error. But in all my research I just keep finding that there were NO SILVER HALVES MADE IN 1971.

 

[kfs]

The coin looks almost uncirculated, doesn't sound like silver, I put a magnet on it and there is a slight pull.....?? The coin setting beside a 1973to show a comparison. The coin doesn't look to be tampered with. WHAT DO I HAVE, besides a 50 cent piece. Well I tried throwing on a couple more pictures but for some reason they wont upload on this site...

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I have to guess it is what you said it was a 1971D half

 

[PhattyB]

It does make cents, fifty to be exact.

 

[TheMastermind]

Weigh it.

 

[CC-Hunter]

I thought the Denver mint made some silver halves by accident in 1971 and 1977. Best way to check is to weigh it.

 

[Generic_Lad]

Chrome plated most likely. Chrome is ever so slightly magnetic and so if its plated it will have a small tug (not the same tug that you'd get with steel or 100% nickel, but there could be an attraction)

 

[halfhunter]

Chrome plated most likely. Chrome is ever so slightly magnetic and so if its plated it will have a small tug (not the same tug that you'd get with steel or 100% nickel, but there could be an attraction)

My first thought was that it is chrome plated too.....I don't have a scale yet, but I might have to buy one. Who chrome plated them

 

[OnARoll]

I had a box that had 6 or so of the same type of coins, I totally thought I had silver lol..I kept them anyways, see how many I can find! See pics I did a magnet test and looky looky..Sticks like a champ but who knows!

 

[sagittarius98]

My first thought was that it is chrome plated too.....I don't have a scale yet, but I might have to buy one. Who chrome plated them

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[minkybodl]

I have a 73D, I think it is chrome plated. I thought it was a 90%, at least I didn't get 6 of them like OnaRoll.

 

[jrf30]

What he said.

 

[fistfulladirt]

I found a weird 1971 S proof plated a while back.

Almost threw this one back! Or, should I have?

 

[OnARoll]

haha yeah, oh i forgot to mention I put them in the coinstar machine and they came back, another reason why I kept them lol.