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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tim C, post: 2540564, member: 71569&quot;]“Using only the Cherrypickers’ Guide is like going into a gun fight with a knife” might be an over statement.&nbsp; Probably closer to say “going into a gun fight with only a pencil.” </p><p><br /></p><p>The OP did it right, with Kennedy half dollars short of sending them into Dr. James Wiles for attribution it is best to post decent pictures here and ask questions.&nbsp; The next best is Dr. Wiles’ book on Kennedy half dollars published in 1998 but since the book was published the number of listed die varieties have nearly doubled.&nbsp; Larry and a few other collectors could point a person in the right direction regarding Kennedy half dollar varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Cherrypickers’ Guide had good intentions, not sure about other series but with the Kennedy half dollars there are so many different varieties that are close that it is almost impossible to tell apart by just two small pictures.&nbsp; Perfect example of this is the OP thought his coin looked like the pictures of the FS-50-1971S-103 on page 319 of the Cherrypickers, Guide but in reality the 1971-S FS-103 has a much strong spread as illustrated on Variety Vista (especially on TRUST): <a href="http://www.varietyvista.com/12%20Kennedy%20Halves/DDO%20Detail%20Pages/1971SDDO008.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.varietyvista.com/12%20Kennedy%20Halves/DDO%20Detail%20Pages/1971SDDO008.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.varietyvista.com/12 Kennedy Halves/DDO Detail Pages/1971SDDO008.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with Larry that Caleb got this one right as the 71-D DDO-001.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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