1964 Proof Kennedy's with the Accented Hair are easily identified by the broken base on the left side of the "I" in LIBERTY. I don't have any pricing information on them. Chris
img courtesy of NCG The 1964 Proof Accented Hair Kennedy half dollar is characterized by heavily engraved "wishbone" effect above Jack's left ear. As explained, the lower serif of the I is missing and the right hand rays on the reverse are slightly broken. Since these were the first to be minted, there are a limited supply due to the master die being changed early in the production run. Higher PR grades command higher prices, ones that have cameo contrast on the devices are highly sought after and command the highest prices, often 4 digits. The market fluctuates a bit on these higher grades, supply and demand creates spikes that even out. Lower grade examples can be bought raw for $25-$35, graded coins of course will be a bit higher. Most of the flat pack proof sets have been picked through, but often times you will run across one that has a Accented Hair enclosed. Some sellers do not even realize they are selling one, so cherry picking is fun. Happy Collecting
BR549 thanks for the write up on them!! I've seen the pictures before and even once held one of each type in my hand but just can't tell the difference. At that time I did not know about the I with the missing serif so I'll have to double check that but in the hair I just have not been able to see it. Thanks again!
I won a Scotsman lot of 60 - 1964 Proof Sets a few years ago specifically to search for the Accented Hair variety. There were 4 sets in the lot with the AH Kennedy. Sometime in the near future, I will be submitting them to NGC. I still have a credit on my account to use, but I'm such a procrastinator. Chris
Here is the broken serif of the "I". This is the Accented Hair variety with the DDO, FS-103, which has doubling on IGWT, LIBERTY, the upper part of the hair and the date. Chris
Now that I can see That I is easy and so is that W in IGWT. I guess I can find them now and I'll just have to quite calling them the accented hair type
There is a really cool guy on the CU site that made this page years ago. http://www.ipotad.com/pages/ah2.html
