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<p>[QUOTE="TopcatCoin, post: 1937234, member: 22746"]The P and D coins in the 50th anniversary set will be different than the 2014 regular business strikes (from the article in my original post):</p><p><br /></p><p>"The obverses of these seven 2014 coins will bear the original higher relief portrait sculpt of Kennedy that U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Gilroy Roberts executed in 1963 originally for a Kennedy medal and that was subsequently adapted for the half dollar in 1964. Assistant Mint Engraver Frank Gasparro’s Heraldic Eagle reverse, as introduced in 1964 and still in use today, will appear on the reverse."</p><p><br /></p><p>I have already posted an example of the 2014 D business strike Kennedy half (MS67) in this thread. The Kennedy halves in the 2-coin set will not look like this but more like the 1964 business strikes. I like the potential of the regular business strikes this year especially in high grade. TC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TopcatCoin, post: 1937234, member: 22746"]The P and D coins in the 50th anniversary set will be different than the 2014 regular business strikes (from the article in my original post): "The obverses of these seven 2014 coins will bear the original higher relief portrait sculpt of Kennedy that U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Gilroy Roberts executed in 1963 originally for a Kennedy medal and that was subsequently adapted for the half dollar in 1964. Assistant Mint Engraver Frank Gasparro’s Heraldic Eagle reverse, as introduced in 1964 and still in use today, will appear on the reverse." I have already posted an example of the 2014 D business strike Kennedy half (MS67) in this thread. The Kennedy halves in the 2-coin set will not look like this but more like the 1964 business strikes. I like the potential of the regular business strikes this year especially in high grade. TC[/QUOTE]
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