Post Your Kennedy Half Mint Errors And Other Interesting Kennedy Finds

@USSID18
Wow - now I do! Thanks. Call me blind I guess.


@Steinzor

You might want to check at varietyvista.com in the Kennedy half book to try to match your DDO with one that is there. I know not every DDO known has pics listed yet, but there are some you could check yours with.

Very nice find Tootallious! That's one heck of a Curved Clipped Planchet. It's still nice even with the scratch on it. Earle42, that Kennedy half does have a Die Crack.

There is a minor DDO on the 1967 that has that hair strand doubled (if this is what you are looking at). Its hard to tell b/c of the darkening of the surface. That same DDO designation also is a DDR with notching on the stars on the REV.

I have one of the coins I am talking about, but I was unable to get pics to show it. here is a pic of the doubling on the stars from a website:

Sorry if you know this, a DDO designation means the die the coin struck from was engraved with a double image. So a DDO is what the entire coin is called (not just some features). The list of 1967 DDOs can be found here:

http://varietyvista.com/12%20Kenned...s%201967.htm

Carfully check your coin's details against the picture on this site. Note each picture at that link represents just one picture from a set of that specific DDO. Look at the pics on the site for notches in the letters, some are very small, that appear on the corners and ends of serifs.



This is impossible in the process of making a coin. The die hits the coin once to make an impression, and the total of the design on the die is pressed into the coin.
Your S in PLURIBUS is OK. The banner itself took a hit, and small bit of its top was moved downward onto the banner.



The wing also looks like it just took a hit at sometime. It was circulated and over time the damage toned to be like the rest of the coin.

I do not see the strong notching in the stars like in the pic I posted - but it might just be the lighting or lack of detail in your posted pic.

@atrox
Thanks for this - I agree!

Here are three of the 1972 DDOs I found. Nopt goof pics of any of them. I hope to be able to get better ones this coming week.
One:




Two:



Three:

A 1964-D DDO in a from some halves I had put away in the 80s.

Another 1965 DDO

1964-D DDO and RPM