1972 D Kennedy Half

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Before you give it away, look closely at the reverse. Many 1972-D's are DDR's (strong doubled letters of "half Dollar" ). I have found one.

 

So what is a decent circulated 1972 half dollar worth?

 

Numismedia lists 1972-D Kennedy half, AU, for 0.58 (MS60 for 0.86)

I've heard (I think) that Numismedia is a bit on the low side -- i.e., what you can sell it for, rather than other places (Red Book?) which is generally what you could purchase it for. (I invite others to correct me here! -- Don't take my word for it)

 

I have to say most kennedy halves I have come across are machine doubling . I have an abundance of them. especially on the reverse letters. I have only one kenndy halve doubled die a 1966 only profile doubling in MS64. I would say kennedy halve doubled dies are extremely rare to come by.

JC

 

Actually, I have hundreds of doubled dies on Kennedys that have all been found in rolls.

Many are DDOs and a few are DDRs.

Off the top of my head some are as follows and although I will mention only the date and what it is, there are often several different die varieties that can be found for the same date and mint.

1964 DDO
1964 TDO
1964 QDO (yep quadrupled)

1965 DDO
1965 DDR
1966 DDO
1967 DDO
1968 D DDO
1968 D DDR
1969 D DDO
1969 D DDR
1969 S Proof DDO

1971 DDO
1971 D DDO
1972 DDO
1972 D DDO
1972 D DDR
1973 DDO
1973 D DDR
1974 D DDO

1984 D DDO

and those are ones that I can think of quickly. There are others. I don't find them that difficult to find if you have a nice source of Kennedys. The reason for the prices of the 1974 D listed in the RedBooks decline is that they are much more common than originally thought.

That being said, most people do confuse machine doubling for doubled dies on these especially when, as mentioned, the lettering on the reverse is seen to be doubled.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Kennedy's

1966 in a easy year to find a DDO here is mine

 

I don’t believe Kennedy die varieties are hard to come by. I have been collecting Kennedy doubled dies for eight years, using the CONECA listings as a check list. I have managed to find about 90% of them, with 18 new listings, and a box full of “too minor to list”. I spend most of my time now looking for un-confirmed stages and markers to up-grade the listings. Machine damaged doubling (MDD) or strike doubling as most people on this site call it, is quite common…but like anything else, if you spend more time looking at the difference, the easier it becomes to distinguish between the two. Here is my most recent find last week, from an Ebay roll…a 71S DDO-008.

 

They are but 1966 SMS is one of easier years to find one.

 

Hi Atrox,

Great picture and a Fun coin! To those that need a reference on what a doubled die on a Kennedy looks like, vs. machine doubling....Look at this picture.

The details are doubled and there are grooves and notches and split serifs, as we call them and they are easily seen in the picture.

Machine doubling just looks like the lettering was smeared in one direction or another.

Have Fun,
Bill