1964-D Kennedy Half Dollar Reverse Die Question

I'll try to get some up here tomorrow unless someone beats me to it.

Thanks,
Bill

Thank you very much for the great pics.
Well, seems like I have an oddity here then.
If the pics. you just posted are of a 64-D business strike reverse
then my coin has a different reverse. If you look at the two attributes I am referring to on both reverses you will see what I mean I.E.: The G in FG, one is straight one has a serif. The vertical rays are broken going through the stars on one and not broken on the other (same attributes as a 64 proof accented hair reverse) I have been researching all I can and have a job ahead of me. ?
Multiple reverse die sets used for a 64-D ?
Rare variety ?
Transitional ?
Maybe someone on here who is an expert on kenn. halfs or who knows someone who is, could help me out.
Maybe another post, but have many questions about the kenn. transitional varieties as well. They mention clading when they talk about them. Going from 1964 to 1965. But a 65 through 70 still shows
a silver edge, no clading. ? It's still 40% silver.
My coin shows the attributes (both obv. and rev. for this type variety). What a quandry. How to test for 90% or 40% silver first
without ruining the coin (just in case)then going on from there.
Thank you all for your input so far. Not going to get my hopes up here until all the facts are in. But in researching the transitionals,
the price tag on these start at around 2 grand and go up from there.

The 1964-D has the mint mark on the reverse, so it wouldn't be a proof die, unless a hub for a proof reverse 1/2 dollar got sent to Denver by mistake. But if that happened, then there would be a lot more examples and we would have heard about it? But new varieties are being found all the time.

Indian1:

Thanks for the topic and I applaud for your attention to details.

I checked all my 1964-D (16 total). 9 of them are "broken rays", 7 are "solid rays". So to answer your question, it's not a rarity.

This also happens in 1964-p JFKs. Out of 180 pieces, I found 12 are "broken rays". It may happens in other years but I did not check them.

I love JFK and thank you for studying them. I always wish someone study more of this series. It is a under-studied series.

I was reading an article on the 64 PR accented hair kennedy
(i also have one) and the author mentioned he also found the same type rev. in his searches. He was using his find as an example that
the rev. diagnostics for an acct. hair are not always reliable.
He called this a pairing of obv. die #2 with rev. die #1
(this is what I have on the 64-D ) He then referred this pairing as a Transitional Variety. Did not mention anything about clading.
Ken Potter made references to this variety and stated it is listed in Breen's. Maybe someone out there could look up this variety (transitional) in breens, and let me know if it is only on clad halfs
period. I just want to put this issue to sleep if this 64-D is definately not a Trans. variety.
Thank you.

Hi Rock, leave the pointer. My opinion, it makes it much easier to see what people are talking about.

Hi

Your first pic. is the normal reverse.(Type #2)
The second pic. is the Type #1 reverse.
The rays that normally go through the stars are broken.
Also on this type reverse the G in "FG" has a straight loop
with no serif at the top. (Look at my other pics.)for the difference.
I also recently learned that this Type #1 rev. is not rare but not the norm. Also, it is rarer on the 64-P. No real numbers on it yet though.