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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1428801, member: 36248&quot;]$750 accidental cherry pick?</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m working on completing a registry set of Kennedy Proofs, with only two coins remaining (1964 accent hair, 1998 SMS).&nbsp; &nbsp; Last week I saw a chance to upgrade my current 1964 PF66 (non-cameo) to a coin a couple points higher and also with cameo, so I put in a lowball bid, not really expecting much.&nbsp; &nbsp; To my surprise, I took the coin for about $10 less than the NGC price, including shipping, so I was happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, today I received the coin in the mail.&nbsp; The coin was as described, and looked like a very nice spot-free and hazing free example of a 1964 Kennedy.&nbsp;&nbsp; And then I noticed something funny.&nbsp;&nbsp; A serif on the “I” in Liberty seemed to be very short, practically non-existent.&nbsp; &nbsp; Since one of the two remaining coins I need to complete my registry set is the 1964 Accent Hair variety, I waste a lot of time looking at these Auctions, but too poor to actually place a realistic bid for a nice example.&nbsp; &nbsp; I instantly recognized this truncated serif as indicative of the accent hair variety.&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course, NGC has not attributed it as such, or there would be no story here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m going to be bold here, and state that I firmly believe the coin I received today, purchased for less than even the non-accent (normal) variety sells for, is a very nice example of the Accent Hair variety.&nbsp; &nbsp; If so, then this coin not only is worth about $700 more than I paid for it, it also fills in another slot in my registry set, <u>just by pure dumb luck.</u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p>Since I am new here, and have not even made a single post of substance, I am thinking maybe you guys might think I’m a little nutty.&nbsp; &nbsp; For that reason, and to better educate myself and perhaps others, I am looking for confirmation from the experts here based on a few photos and a link.</p><p><br /></p><p>My primary source of attribution is <a href="http://www.ipotad.com/pages/ah2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ipotad.com/pages/ah2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ipotad.com/pages/ah2.html</a> and a few threads here on coin talk.&nbsp; If you know of others, please link them.&nbsp; &nbsp; Currently, it appears that NGC will designate this variety for free and without specifically asking for it.&nbsp;&nbsp; The coin is an older style NGC slab, so maybe they weren’t looking for accent hair back then, or at least not automatically and for free?&nbsp;&nbsp; How else could this end up in a non-accent hair designated slab?</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are photos I took today:</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse</p><p>[ATTACH]174438.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Truncated Serif</p><p>[ATTACH]174434.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Broken Rays</p><p>[ATTACH]174435.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Straight &quot;G&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH]174436.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>hair detail shot (see wishbone?)</p><p>[ATTACH]174437.vB[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for any comments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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