I see the same thing you see , so you don't need thicker glasses, but I'm going to wait on one of the experts to call this because I've already been wrong once today, and I try to limit my errors to one per day.
The easiest thing to do is to just call it machine doubling and move on, but in all honesty, no one can determine that, without any doubt, from those photos. Maybe it's the camera that needs thicker glasses.
No need for new glasses. Yes it's doubled but it's what is known as worthless doubling. With today's machines cranking out billions of coins and the Mint not replacing the dies and worn machine parts this type of doubling has become the norm. Welcome to CT.
so as a rookie lets say, i mean i have been collecting lets say for years in jars, tins and so on. I only recently started looking at them even found a 1998 wide AM but i drag on, my question is if it is just MD then it has no extra value beyond 60% silver?
For that coin, yes. Machine doubling is quite common on Kennedy halfs. It is caused by the die vibrating or bouncing after it strikes the coin. I've often wondered if the reason it is so common, is the amount of pressure it takes to strike those coins.
I also have one with strike doubling like that but it is much stronger on the word HALF. it is pretty common for 1967.
