Odd half dollar

[Jyorsky]

Found this in my old pile
Looks to be chromed or silver plated what do y’all think
Somebody went to a lot of trouble

 

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[wilcam47]

weird, maybe a memorial?

 

[Diver_Down]

You can search through the group as it has been posted before. Someone posted the advertisement in one of the previous threads. They were sold at a profit to commemorate JFK. I can't remember the price exactly, but I think they sold them for about $5/each (in early 80's money that was a hefty premium).

 

[Twitch]

You can search through the group as it has been posted before. Someone posted the advertisement in one of the previous threads. They were sold at a profit to commemorate JFK. I can't remember the price exactly, but I think they sold them for about $5/each (in early 80's money that was a hefty premium).

What he said.

I don’t think they’re worth much but I still keep them when I find them. Overall I have a couple dozen.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

See here: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/coin-roll-hunting/77627-jfk-half-dollars-1960-1980-stamped-them.html

Kinda interesting...

 

[A2coins]

Cool find though

 

[Megalodon]

See here: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/coin-roll-hunting/77627-jfk-half-dollars-1960-1980-stamped-them.html

Kinda interesting...

Sleepy, thanks for re-posting that old thread. I laughed at a post about giving one of the gold plated halves to a teller who thought the coin was "pretty"; I have done exactly the same thing.

These stamped and plated coins commemorate anniversaries of Kennedy's 1960 inauguration. They were punched and plated post-mint and sold at a premium in ads in magazines and papers. They are worth 0.50 each. I have found about 2 dozen of them plus about a half-dozen where some genius tried to melt off the insignificant amount of gold in the plating with a torch.