1972 P Kennedy Half Dollar ERROR COIN WITH CLIPPED OFF SIDE

Offered today is a MAJOR ERROR 1972 Kennedy Hald Dollar.

There is a whole new industry being built around error coins. Years ago you couldn’t’ give these away.

The error is called a “clipped strike”. This happens when the coin has not moved in to the die completely and when the die comes down for the strike, it clips off part of the coin.

It is very rare that larger denominations like the half dollar are released to the public as the mint catches more of these errors.

This makes these coins more valuable to the market place. The clip on this coin is fairly large, making it more rare.

Another factor on value is the fact that the date is present on the planchet. Error coins with dates on them are more valuable.