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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1918211, member: 42773&quot;]I&#039;ve collected a handful of 1964 Kennedy half dollars slabbed by PCGS in various grades, and I think PCGS got the OP coin right. Coins graded 63 to 64 are literally sprinkled with contact marks. There&#039;s no way that coin grades that low. It&#039;s at least a 65 because of the very small number of contact marks, compared to other coins of that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also has a nice strong strike. The detail on the bust is quite sharp in the hair, the ear, and the facial features. One place the strike can be very weak on these coins is the shield area on the reverse. Often the top edge of the shield is altogether missing, and the eagle&#039;s neck feathers are indistinct. The shield itself is often covered with contact marks. The OP coin shows full detail in this area with no marks at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s difficult to capture luster in a photograph, but I suspect that it also has above-average luster because of the strong strike, and that would easily put it at 66, whether it was toned or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw quite a few discrepancies in PCGS&#039;s grading of these coins, but I believe this one is graded correctly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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