A COUNTERFEIT 1964 KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR

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The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 33, August 16, 2020, Article 31

A COUNTERFEIT 1964 KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR

Over on the Coin Talk forum, Kennedy Half collector Ethan posted images of a counterfeit 1964. See the complete thread online. -Editor

I am a Kennedy Half Dollar collector, and to me this is a breaking point. Why? I know this was purchased through a major dealer of junk silver. Am I upset with them? Nah, they would replace it in a heartbeat. Actually the coin is not mine and I offered $50 for it unseen, now that I have it in hand, the offer went to $100. It is not for sale.

Folks, this is a dangerous thing, over 300 million of these minted, and even they are now being counterfeited. I collected these since I was 10 years old and have never actually been able to put my hands on a fake Kennedy. Magicians coins sure, I have hand searched over $250K dollars of bank rolls and found a lot of great things, but not this.

Even JUNK is not safe now.

Counterfeit 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar obverse

Counterfeit 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar reverse

To read the complete article, see:
Counterfeit 1964 Kennedy Half - Finally able to see one.. (https://www.cointalk.com/threads/counterfeit-1964-kennedy-half-finally-able-to-see-one.365106/)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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