Nice find, nice RPM...check it out on Variety Vista http://varietyvista.com/12%20Kennedy%20Halves/RPMs%201964D.htm Larry Nienaber
It looks like you have MDD (Machine Damaged Doubling) on that reverse. Larry Nienaber
I think everything you are showing in your photos looks like MDD (Machine Damage Doubling). Larry Nienaber
Die clashes can be used for good die stage markers. Larry Nienaber
Here is an example of a doubled die with MDD...50c 67 BS DDO-001. Larry Nienaber
Have you had any comments from Diamond yet regarding this half dollar? Larry Nienaber
All I see is MDD (Machine Damage Doubling). Larry Nienaber
I still think it would be a minor Reverse Design Variety. Larry Nienaber
I am not aware of any article from PCGS in reference to NGC's 68 S/S VP-003. The photos you have posted look like the ones in the NGC article...
If this is not considered any kind of die damage, would it then be classified as a minor Reverse Design Variety for the 69D? Larry Nienaber
I would say not a doubled die. What you are showing on the profile would be MDD (Machine damage doubling), and what you are showing on the...
Yes, there has been several 76 clad Kennedy DDO and DDR's documented in the CONECA Master Listings, but you haven't found one...I see no doubling...
It looks like a die gouge, not a die crack.
Rick...are you sure your half dollar is the 64 BS DDO-017? The -017 has the RDV-002, your photo looks like the RDV-001 (straight G). Larry Nienaber
I say nay...The 66 SMS DDR-001 is paired with the 66 SMS DDO-024 in the CONECA listings. A marker for the DDO-024 is a die scratch south from the...
You can see these two half dollars are both VLDS (very late die states) with a lot of die deterioration going on. Using the die gouges as markers...
What you have on the reverse of your half dollar is evidence of a die clash. The die gouges you see inside the D and O of DOLLAR show that the...
Kurt...in this thread you said you "still hold a few 1965 original rolls", I assume 40% silver Kennedy's. There is a CONECA listed 1965 BS...
Obvious MDD (Machine Damage Doubling). Larry Nienaber
Variety Vista shows for the half dollars the RDV-004 goes from 71-84, and the RDV-008 goes from 91-99. No photos, but just look at the reverse on...
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