The main difference is that this coin will have all of its lettering and rim intact while the coin struck on the penny planchet will be missing. The outer is a tin/nickel blend and the center a copper blend. The clad layer is the outermost portion of the planchet. This error can be easily overlooked.ġ972 Half Dollar Missing Clad Layer - These coins may look similar to the struck on penny planchet as the center of this coin is made of a similar material. This coin should weigh roughly 5.670 grams, the standard weight of a post 1964 quarter. They visually have the same color but again a portion of the Half Dollar will be missing because a nickel planchet is smaller than a half dollar planchet.ġ972 D Half Dollar Struck on 25C Planchet - These half dollar errors look as if a die was misaligned and struck only a portion of the planchet, but in fact the error is caused by the die striking a quarter planchet. This coin was struck on a copper penny planchet A large portion of the coin is missing as the copper planchet is smaller Red or orange in color.ġ972 D and S Half Dollars Struck on 5C Planchet - these specimens were struck on nickel planchets. Here are just a few of the main errors that can be found sorting through half dollars.ġ972 S Half Dollar Struck on Cent Planchet - one of the many instances of the mint using the wrong planchet for this year. This new blend required new planchets to be created, and because of this there are many instances of Half Dollars from 1971, and 1972 being struck on the wrong planchet. Just 2 years after the mint switched from 40% silver to a blend of 91.67% Copper 8.33% Nickel. Errors include obverse die breaks, struck on nickel planchet, struck on quarter planchet, off center strikes up to 70%, double strikes, and clipped planchets Most Valuable Errorsġ972 was another rough year for the United States mint. These coins are a copper-nickel composition, being a nickel jacket over a copper core.

Anything after 1970 contains no silver, with the exception of errors listed below.

This was only the second year that the US Mint issued Kennedy Half Dollars in a non silver state. If no mint mark is present it is a P and was minted in Philadelphia. The mint mark for the 1972 Kennedy Half Dollar is on the Obverse/Front.

Coin value 1972 silver dollar