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1917 Half Dollar: Counterfeit or Off-Metal Piece?

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  • AgCollector
    • Aug 2007
    • 41
    #1

    1917 Half Dollar: Counterfeit or Off-Metal Piece?

    I recently got this half in a lot I bought and it struck me as unusual- and I'm wondering if anyone could help me determine whether it is counterfeit or some off-metal strike. It certainly doesn't "feel" silver. In the combined images, it's the one on the right. After weighing:

    The worn, yet normal 1917 on the left weighs 11.60 grams
    The questionable 1917 on the right weighs 8.79 grams

    I have also included a close-up- it appears granular under magnification.
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  • diamond
    • Jul 2007
    • 2040
    #2
    It may well be a contemporary counterfeit. I run into them at odd intervals.
    Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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    • AgCollector
      • Aug 2007
      • 41
      #3
      Originally posted by diamond View Post
      It may well be a contemporary counterfeit. I run into them at odd intervals.
      That's kind of what I thought, given that in 1917 I can't imagine the mint was making any coins on off-metal planchets.

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      • Toad
        • Sep 2008
        • 6
        #4
        Sweet!

        Don't see those too often (never in my case) and there are peeps who collect them so it's worth something. How much, I don't know but I do know there are some counterfeits worth more than the real deal.

        Ribbit

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