belg_jos Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Here you see two Kennedy halves, however the left one is weighing only 8.8 grams. How would you explain this? Could this be due to corrosion, or is it a question of gluing 3 discs of metal together? The core is about 3mm smaller. Suggestions are more than welcome Regards Jos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Here you see two Kennedy halves, however the left one is weighing only 8.8 grams.How would you explain this? Could this be due to corrosion, or is it a question of gluing 3 discs of metal together? The core is about 3mm smaller. Suggestions are more than welcome Regards Jos They're both clad, but of different materials. Checking the Redbook: for the copper clad on the left 11.34 gm and for the silver clad on the right, 11.50 gm. Your pic looks like the copper core was shaved and that certainly could be responsible for the weight loss. Whether this is a faulty planchet or after mintage recreation - dunno, but I would suspect the latter, although I admit that I have no idea why (or how) it would be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 I know I'm wrong, but I'd like to throw this out there: could someone have altered the coin to pass if off as an SBA, tie a string to it, and reuse it as a dollar coin??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotten Rodney Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 I bet it was used in some jewelery of some sort. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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