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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdb1950, post: 27442, member: 1735&quot;]You&#039;re right. The 1964 Proof Kennedy halves were struck with 2 distinct obverse and 2 disticnt reverse dies.&nbsp; The first variety showed the &#039;Accented Hair&#039; obverse and the &#039;Straight G&#039; reverse.&nbsp; The second variety showed the &#039;Normal Hair&#039; obverse and the &#039;Straight G&#039; reverse.&nbsp; The third variety shows the &#039;Normal Hair&#039; obverse and the &#039;Crossed G&#039; reverse.&nbsp; </p><p>The &#039;Accented Hair&#039; obverse master die actually had some extra hairlines cut into it and Breen says approx 50 - 60 working proof dies were created, striking 100,000 - 120,000 pieces.&nbsp; This happened because Jackie Kennedy wanted more hair detail on Kennedy&#039;s image.&nbsp; The &#039;Normal Hair&#039; obverse used the original design and struck the balance of the 3 million plus pieces.</p><p>The Type 1 &#039;Straight G&#039; reverse shows the desigeners initials FG with no seraph, while the &#039;Crossed G&#039; reverse shows a seraph on the G.&nbsp; Also, the first type always shows broken rays behind the stars over the eagles should on the right, while the second type has strengthened rays with no breaks.&nbsp; See the attached photos.&nbsp; Sorry about the brown spots on the &#039;Accented Hair&#039; photos, it is the only piece I had available to photo.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>All three of these varieties can still be &#039;cherry picked&#039; with a little patience.&nbsp; Goodluck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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