Mint Error or PSD on a 1967 Kennedy Half Dollar

[beasleybiz]

Hello, I am new to numismatics have inherited a small collection of US silver coins dating back to 1807. I found this one while cataloging and do not fully understand the error terminology. I wondered if anyone has seen this type of error/damage before and could explain it to me. The coin is a 1967 clad Kennedy half. The obverse of this coin shows a very sharp left side but only a very thin crescent shape, the rest of the coin is more deeply indented and seems out of focus. The reverse is fine showing no sign of "fuzziness". I have attached scans since I am sure my description is lacking. Any and all help is appreciated.
Obverse:

Obverse of the '61 Kennedy showing strike error/damage

Reverse:

Reverse of the '61 Kennedy no damage

[Daniel]

Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting such a nice coin. It appears to be a double struck, off center, obverse indent.

[beasleybiz]

I had thought of an indent when I read the description, but then thought that I should see another design from the strike. Maybe I am not understanding the process though. I will have to read on it. Thanks for the direction. :yourock:

[Daniel]

Here's some other images for reference.
http://coins.ha.com/common/search_resul ... Sold=0&Ns=

[beasleybiz]

I couldn't get the linked page to come up, but I wonder about the one linked below, it has a reverse look similar to my obverse.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kennedy-Half-Re ... 1c207b6b1f
Thin metal strike through is what they are calling it, it has similarities to mine in that the struck through area is "fuzzy" with a clearly defined unaffected area. It is also a 1967 Kennedy half, so maybe we're looking at a series of mint errors where the clad layer came off of one coin stuck in the die hit mine (mine still has the circular indent shape same size as another half), got deformed dropped into the reverse die and created the reverse strike through there. Far fetched I'm sure, but plausible?

Not that I doubt your wisdom, I have spent all day looking for double struck, off center, obverse indent and have been scrolling the errors category on eBay looking for something similar until I came across this one.

[beasleybiz]

Also a follow up ? Would this coin be worth more than the $30 to have it graded?

[Daniel]

http://coins.ha.com/common/search_resul ... Sold=0&Ns=

Try this one.

Ebay isn't a good place to identify a raw mint error. Heritage Coin Auctions is much better for image references.

I am not a mint error expert. I can help identify the most obvious and popular, but some of them, I must research. So, don't worry about doubting me. widegrin

I did find a struck through clad layer image http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=404&lotNo=5376

[Maineman750]

Struck through a clad layer is my guess on this one and yes I believe it would be worth having slabbed by one of the top three .

[beasleybiz]

As a follow up, I finally had time to send it off. I got it back graded MS60
Struck Through Split Clad Layer 11.58GMS Corroded
So they validated the mint error.
Thanks for the guidance.

[Daniel]

That's great to hear, thanks for posting the update.