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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 17320, member: 68&quot;]The best book on the Kennedy is &quot;The Kennedy Half Dollar Book&quot; by James Wiles- 1998.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;76 issues are not difficult to tell apart and there are only five not including varieties.&nbsp; The &#039;76 and &#039;76-D are the business strike coins made for circulation and appear in both the &#039;75 and &#039;76 mint sets.&nbsp; Very high grade specimens are easier in the &#039;76 set but they are tough to find without some marking, especially on the reverse.&nbsp; Fewer than about 1% of these in the sets are clean.&nbsp; Clean examples can also be found in rolls but these are usually poorly struck.&nbsp; Both coins are found in PL but the Philly is easier to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;76-S clad proof was issued only in the regular proof sets of both &#039;75 and &#039;76.&nbsp; There is little difference in quality here and PR-69 examples are not extremely difficult to locate.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a silver (40%) proof and unc coin made.&nbsp; The silver can easily be seen on the edge and there will be no copper core (billon).&nbsp; Most of the uncs went into the three piece sets with&nbsp; quarter and dollar coins.&nbsp; These were struck like mint set coins and do not have squared rims or the high luster of proofs.&nbsp; There are a small number of these extant which were struck on high speed presses are are riddled with scratches and plagued by weak strikes.&nbsp; These were struck at the last minute in error in huge quantity and then stored in barrels until most were melted in 1982.&nbsp; Those on the market are usually found in the three piece plastic with no white stripe.&nbsp; This coin does not exist in high grade and the regular coin can be difficult to find in extremely high grade and harder still in PL.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 40% proof was sold as a three piece set with the quarter and dollar. These have square rims and high luster.&nbsp; This coin come very nice and PR-69&#039;s are fairly common.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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