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Re: How much could this coin be worth?
The value marked on the coin if even that.
Never have understood people who make things out to be more valuable because of some defect.
Anyone else besides me view the "bullet" imposed over Kennedy's head as slightly inappropriate?
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Hayward
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4 edits | said by Tuxified  :The value marked on the coin if even that. Never have understood people who make things out to be more valuable because of some defect. Question is the RARETY of the defect, design or odd physical.... how many got out before the Mint noticed and recycled the rest. And even then would need to be near mint condition.
Going back to that early upside down biplane early airmail stamp...one especially postmarked not a great deal, but you actually have a full virgin sheet a LOT of money. (assuming you find a willing collector)
NOTHING is EVER worth more than what someone will pay you for it.
And actually that being a last year actually silver coin even the metal is worth more than the face value likely.
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clevegreg
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Brook Park, OH | The "bullet" mark is post mint damage and adds no value to the coin. It is, however, a 90% silver coin that is worth @ $5.00 based upon its melt value and the price of Silver. |
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3 edits | Just curious what makes you so sure the mark is post mint? It would be an odd thing to happen in circulation unless someone did it intentionally and even then if limited (not thousands) could still have worth.
Either way a legitimate (not EBay) coin site not here would be the place to go
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said by Hayward : NOTHING is EVER worth more than what someone will pay you for it. True, It's just another way to part a rube and his money.
IMO most of the "collectible" markets feed on people's need to have something "rare" or "different", and assign artificially inflated values to those items.
And there are always those that will pay a premium for something the marketers deem "rare" and fall for their pricing schemes.
A good example of this is baseball cards, some people are happy paying thousands dollars for a piece of cardboard that sold in a pack of gum for a few cents....at the end of the day, all they have a piece of cardboard.
Unless they can convince some other sucker to buy it off them at a profit...
Bottom line, It's their money..... they can do what they like with it.
I'll keep mine in my pocket.
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said by Pashune :I have no personal experience with identifying coins, selling them, etc., but I have been told by a professional that the "bullet error" on this coin did occur "in mint", whatever that may mean. This is a 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar coin. What should I do with it? How much could it be worth? Could anyone recommend some "coin collector" sites to assist me in selling this coin? Without reading all the posts that replied to your question (time constraint). I googled your coin with the following:
1964 Kennedy Half-dollar+mint mistakes and
1964 Kennedy Half-dollar+minting errors.
Nothing about your bullet mark came up. So my conclusion is the coin is a phoney. If something that significant showed up the minting process it would be noted. |
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said by clevegreg :The "bullet" mark is post mint damage and adds no value to the coin. It is, however, a 90% silver coin that is worth @ $5.00 based upon its melt value and the price of Silver. Yup. The 64 half is a silver coin. Contains .36oz silver, IIRC.
Silver is about $13.50, so $4.86 is the silver value. I never heard of such an error, contact a coin shop and ask. There are common errors, double strikes, off center, etc. Just cause I've not heard of it doesn't mean it's not genuine. Just that it wasn't common enough to come to my attention. |
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Estimating the value of old coins is like estimating the quality and cost of a diamond. There are many factors and along with that comes uneducated buyers and snake oil salesmen. Pristine coins will be worth more, scratches and wear decrease the value. I found a 1902 Gold $2.50 coin I found in the house I bought, and it was difficult to estimate it's value. What I discovered is that in order to sell a coin of considerable value, you have to first send it off to a professional service that grades the coin and seals it in a mount to protect it. You have to pay them a fee, and they will return the coin with the rating they assigned to it. The ratings provide a standard of measurement that allows a buyer to compare coins without seeing them and have reasonable certainty of it's value. The various services adhere to strict rating standards and most serious collectors will only buy a coin that's been professionally rated. |
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said by TearAbite : Please enlighten us on how you have come to this conclusion, which contradicts what the professional, who actually touched and (probably) inspected it up close and personal determined.. If it was so valuable, don't you think the "professional" would have offered to buy it from you ? |
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I have this. Do you know which Kennedy campaign this is from? |
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said by TearAbite :said by chrisretusn :That "bullet" mark was not a mistake by the mint, it was placed later. Please enlighten us on how you have come to this conclusion, which contradicts what the professional, who actually touched and (probably) inspected it up close and personal determined.. The pro may not have been a pro is one answer. The mark was put in after the coin was struck. Could it have happened in the mint? I doubt it, since there is no reason to strike it again.
No one has yet mention the obvious (at least to me) the "bullet mark" is to the back of Kennedy's head, sound familiar? 
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said by Hall :said by TearAbite : Please enlighten us on how you have come to this conclusion, which contradicts what the professional, who actually touched and (probably) inspected it up close and personal determined.. If it was so valuable, don't you think the "professional" would have offered to buy it from you ? Or the "professional" would have swapped it with a fake...
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said by sailor :I have this. Do you know which Kennedy campaign this is from? The shape of the state of Massachusetts doesn't give it away? 
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3 edits | My bad. NYC. I thought the little hook was Boston at quick glance. |
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said by Dunm :It's New York, Robert Kennedy ran for (and won) the Senate seat there in 1964 Yep. |
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Loco
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I don't know how much it's worth, but my wife received a nickel many years ago with "heads" on both side. No tails side.
Who knows, meng.....maybe it's worth a few bucks. I should look into it someday or maybe even put it up on eBay. |
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| said by Loco :I don't know how much it's worth, but my wife received a nickel many years ago with "heads" on both side. No tails side. Kind of like this »magicshop.magictricks.com/Double···63.html#
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| said by SparkChaser :said by Loco :I don't know how much it's worth, but my wife received a nickel many years ago with "heads" on both side. No tails side. Kind of like this » magicshop.magictricks.com/Double···63.html# Hahaha....good one, meng.
A six dollar nickel ! |
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