1969D Kennedy Half Dollar with clad weight?

[jmcoinz]

I was checking all my kennedy half's and again i come into the opposite of what is. All my clad coins are 11.3 grams in weight, normal right? OK so for the hell of it i weigh my silver clad coins and one out of all came in at 11.3 clad weight ONLY!!! 1969 D kennedy half dollar 40% silver/clad at 11.3 grams instead of 11.5 grams. Please tell me i have a good one here

Oh by the way, before i get asked if i weighed this coin on a different scale....i did!!! 3 different gram scales. All the same 11.3 clad weight. Thanks hope to hear from you soon.

[jmcoinz]

My scale in gram weight

[numismanut]

Very interesting observation of the weight. Although the weight might suggest it being a clad coin, take extra measures to verify it. For one, try the tissue paper test (viewing the coin through tissue paper) and see if the color appears closer to the silver or clad coins. Also check the edge of the coin and compare it to other silver and clad coins. I don't know if anyone can verify whether they minter the 1969 halves past 1970? Or if the 1971 half planchets were made before 1971?

[jmcoinz]

Thank you very for the input ..... the rim is silver and compared to all silver halfs and seems to be the same. How again to do tissue paper? Can u explain more about this? Thanks.

[atrox001]

Breen mentions that the weight of the silver-clad Kennedy is 177.5 + or – 6.17 grs. = 11.5 + or – 0.4 gms.; and for the weight of the nickel-clad being 175 + or – 7 grs. = 11.34 + or – 0.454 gms.

Larry Nienaber

[jmcoinz]

so if this coin is nickel clad it would make this an error?

[numismanut]

For the tissue paper test, lay one layer of tissue paper over a silver half, a clad half, and the coin you are checking. Compare the color of their outlines. The silver coin will look white compare to the clad coins, and you can see which type is most similar to the coin you are investigating.

[jmcoinz]

Thanks for the tissue paper test and it worked fantastic. Now the 1969 D kennedy half dollar weight 11.3 grams showed to be silver color and not even close to a plain clad coin. I have to get this coin looked at and checked.

[numismanut]

Well I guess that helps a bit. I'm still curious why the coin is off-weight, but perhaps there's a planchet flaw or something involved. There a possibility, with the lack of copper color it had on the rim, that some of the copper in the clad "sandwich" is missing, which could explain a bit. I would continue checking about why this coin sticks out in the ways it does. Good luck.

[jmcoinz]

Thank you for all the input, plus i will give an update on this coin when its verified proper.

[foundinrolls]

Hi All,

It's a normal 1969 D half. It is silver clad and is of the usual 40% overall silver composition. The weight being slightly under can be due to slight wear or a slightly thin planchet.

Copper-nickel clad planchets were nowhere to be seen in 1969.

Thanks,
Bill

[19Lyds]

Hi All,

It's a normal 1969 D half. It is silver clad and is of the usual 40% overall silver composition. The weight being slightly under can be due to slight wear or a slightly thin planchet.

Copper-nickel clad planchets were nowhere to be seen in 1969.

Thanks,
Bill

Correct Bill!

Some 69-D can even weigh more!

I have a couple of 1973-S 40% Silver IKE's.
The spec weight is supposed to be 24.6 grams +-
One 1973-S weighs 25.3 grams
while the other 1973-S weighs 23.1 grams

Thats a 2.2 gram variance which falls within tolerance.