Kennedy Halves. High Relief vs Regular

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  1. Del King

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    I'm having trouble differentiating between the Kennedy half high relief versus the regular one. Does anyone have some pics that will illustrate this better?
     
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  5. geekpryde

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    what years? Any?

    Beyond 1964, some versions of the 50th anniversary (2014) are considered High Relief.

    Technically I think people consider 1964 and 2014 to be the primary years for High relief, but to me even the 40% silver halves have way more relief than say a modern 2010 Kennedy half, but maybe that's just me.

    Straight down view doesn't really show the depth / "relief" as well as can be demonstrated by other angles, but check out these two example years below. I think the relief can be more easily compared using the coin reverse. Look at the shield and eagle wings for instance:

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